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Interview: Kara Sepulveda, Public Health Assistant for Quinnipiack Public Health District. She discusses the stigma surrounding the opioid epidemic and how the availability of naloxone and fentanyl test strips can work to mitigate the number of overdose deaths due to contaminants like fentanyl.
Interview: Kara Sepulveda, Public Health Assistant for Quinnipiack Public Health District. She discusses the stigma surrounding the opioid epidemic and how the availability of naloxone and fentanyl test strips can work to mitigate the number of overdose deaths due to contaminants like fentanyl.
(Robert Davis) – Opioid overdoses in Nevada grew by 55% and accounted for 788 total deaths in 2020, according to a state report. Nevada’s Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program, which oversees the surveillance of opioid overdoses in the state, compiled the report using data from the Nevada Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System. According to […]
The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is hosting the regional Path 4 Hope Virtual Summit on Oct. 12, 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each
Overdose deaths in Allegheny County rose 22% in 2020, an increase likely spurred by the stress and isolation wrought by the covid-19 pandemic, officials said. Across the county, 689 people were victims of fatal overdoses, a majority of which had some amount of fentanyl in their systems: 77%. Overdose deaths