Fentanyl

Steven Reinberg MONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The synthetic opioid fentanyl is killing increasing numbers of U.S. kids, emulating the chilling trends seen among adults, a new study…

Elana Gotkine MONDAY, May 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Fentanyl is the main agent implicated in fatal pediatric opioid poisonings, according to a study published online May 8 in JAMA Pediatrics.Julie R.…

Fentanyl deaths nearly quadrupled in five yearsOverdose deaths in the United States tied to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl soared 279% from 2016 to 2021, health officials reported Wednesday.With the nation reeling…

Elana Gotkine WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, according to…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN - Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the last time she saw her only son alive.It was 3:18 a.m. on July 3, 2016, in Fresno, California, and…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial penalties on Russia in response to…

US prosecutors have unsealed drug charges against 28 defendants, including three sons of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán and Chinese chemicals business owners, as Washington intensifies efforts to crack down on…

MIAMI (AP) — A nurse who previously worked at a Florida outpatient surgical center has been convicted of stealing fentanyl and replacing the powerful pain medication with saline.Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, pleaded guilty…

Physician’s Briefing Staff WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. officials are intensifying efforts to crack down on illicit use of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, which can cause…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press The U.S. has named a veterinary tranquilizer as an “emerging threat” when it's mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, clearing the way for more efforts to stop…