Last year’s deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn’t discriminate
PHOENIX — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to …
Opioids
Matthew Perry’s death under investigation in connection with ketamine level found in actor’s blood
LOS ANGELES — Authorities have opened an investigation into how Matthew Perry received the supply of ketamine that killed him, police said Tuesday. Los Angeles police are working with the …
Local governments struggle to distribute their share of billions from opioid settlements
Settlement money to help stem the decades-long opioid addiction and overdose epidemic is rolling out to small towns and big cities across the U.S., but advocates worry that chunks of …
Seattle to open short-term recovery center for people after a fentanyl overdose
SEATTLE — Seattle will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed on fentanyl or other drugs, Mayor Bruce …
Pennsylvania will make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up in supplies of illicit drugs …
Children are dying of fentanyl by the dozens in Missouri. A panel is calling for changes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Fentanyl deaths among Missouri babies, toddlers and teens spiked as child welfare officials struggled to adequately investigate the cases, a state panel found in a newly …
California is joining with a New Jersey company to make a generic opioid overdose reversal drug
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will soon begin selling its own generic version of Narcan — the drug that can save someone’s life during an opioid overdose — under a deal …
Washington police issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl
EVERETT, Wash. — Officials are sounding alarms after a baby died and two others apparently also overdosed in the past week in separate instances in which fentanyl was left unsecured …
Vertex Pharma scientist talks about the long road to developing non-addictive painkillers
WASHINGTON — For decades, patients seeking medication for pain have had two choices: over-the-counter drugs like aspirin or powerful prescription opioids like oxycodone. Opioid prescriptions have plummeted over the last …
Over 25% of young Canadian deaths linked to opioids amid pandemic: study – National
More than one in four deaths among young Canadians between 2019 and 2021 were opioid-related, with the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased use of fentanyl potentially playing significant roles, according …