Accidental drug overdose has emerged as the leading cause of death among pregnant and postpartum women in the United States, a new study has revealed. Researchers from Columbia University found that ...

Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health has issued an overdose alert for the Regina area, with dozens of overdoses reported by police in the last eight days. According to the alert, the Regina Police ...

During the 6-year period, 7901 deaths occurred. The leading cause of maternal death was unintentional drug overdose (1152 deaths; 5.2 deaths per 100,000 live births). Violence (defined as homicide or ...

Veterans may get more access to a medication for reversing opioid overdoses if a new bill becomes law. Currently, veterans can get naloxone for free with a prescription from medical providers at the ...

The Pinellas County Jail is shown in this file photo. An inmate smuggled fentanyl into the jail in 2024, which resulted in several overdoses, one fatal. Three men indicted on first-degree murder ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Numbers show there’s been progress in the fight against deadly drug overdoses in Nashville. Suspected overdose deaths have dropped sharply, but fentanyl continues to be a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new synthetic opioid has now been linked to 16 deaths in East Tennessee, the Knox County Regional Forensic Center announced Thursday morning. Previously, the forensic ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Crews responded to a reported overdose in downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday, an incident that led to multiple hospitalizations. Crews were dispatched at around 9:54 a.m. on Wednesday ...

On Thursday, a jury found Wayne Wilson, the third man charged in connection with the overdose death of Jesse Stout, guilty of first-degree murder. The Pinellas County Jail is shown in this file photo.

Six people were hospitalized after a suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday morning. The incident was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Feb. 11 at the Julia Carson Transit Center in ...

The incident was reported shortly before 10 a.m. Feb. 11 at the Julia Carson Transit Center in the 200 block of East Washington Street, between Delaware and Alabama streets. An IMPD spokesperson said ...

Turning Point USA, the conservative advocacy group founded by Charlie Kirk, has hailed the “massive success” of its alternative Super Bowl halftime show as a “shot across the bow” for the NFL’s ...