Third suspect charged in fentanyl death of 1-year-old at Bronx day care
A third person has been charged in the death a 1-year-old boy became sick and later died from apparent opioid exposure at a Bronx day care, authorities said Monday. Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, of the Bronx, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death,…#bronx #damianwilliams #southerndistrict #parraparedes #divinoniño #greimendez #carlistoacevedobrito #mendez #acevedobrito #nypd (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mortality, incarceration and cost implications of fentanyl felonization laws: a modeling study - Savinkina A, Jurecka C, Gonsalves G, Barocas JA.
BACKGROUND: Opioid overdose continues to be a major cause of death in the United States. One effort to control opioid use has been to implement policies that enhance criminalization of opioid possession. Laws to further criminalize possession of fentanyl h... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Reducing overdose through policy interventions: ASTHO's recommendations for state and territorial health officials and agencies - Pless V, McClure JA, Davis M, Farfalla J, Onufrey Y, Humm K, Ranade R, Terzian M.
The most recent provisional data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that over 107 000 lives were lost to drug overdose from 2021 to 2022.1 These high rates of overdose, continuing risks posed by fentanyl, and widening so... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
EXCLUSIVE Former Marine, 26, dies from accidental overdose in Nevada - leaving behind two young children: 'Fentanyl robbed us of a devoted husband and a caring father'
Jacob Wade, 26, a father-of-two from Nevada, died in February after overdosing on fentanyl. The drug is now responsible for nearly one-third of all overdose deaths in the US. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘It’s everywhere‘: Fighting the war against fentanyl
Democratic elected officials are distancing themselves from progressives critical of law enforcement as tens of thousands of Americans continue to die each year from drug overdoses. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents a Texas border district, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Texas state…#henrycuellar #oregon #ellenrosenblum #roycewest #dallas #texastribunefestival #austin #narcan #politico #meganmesserly (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fentanyl Death Trends; Food Additives and Heart Disease
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - September 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Fentanyl found under day care trapdoor and Covid booster rollout slowed: Morning Rundown
Two freshman Republican lawmakers consider working with Democrats to fund the government. Two people were killed and 40 were injured when a bus crashed while taking students to a band camp. And insurance headaches and supply delays are complicating the Covid booster rollout. Here’s what to know…#democrats #republicans #dems #republicanhouse #marcmolinaro #mikelawler #morningrundown #kevinmccarthy #capitol #longislands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bombing Mexico Is Foolish
How to combat the flood of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids into the United States has become a top policy question in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press on Sept. 17, former President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. military action inside Mexico against the…#meetpress #donaldtrump #mexico #trump #mexican #alqaeda #florida #rondesantis #unnikkihaley #isis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Special report: With fentanyl on the rise, Wichita employers play important role in addiction treatment
Fentanyl is among the leading reasons that the number of overdose deaths in Sedgwick County have more than doubled over the past four years. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Shelby Kellerman Source Type: news
How Wastewater Testing Can Help Tackle America ’ s Opioid Crisis
Among the many lasting legacies of COVID-19 may be a newfound appreciation for the value of what we flush down the toilet and wash down the drain.
Wastewater can be a rich source of information about infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mpox and polio, since pathogens like viruses are shed in feces, urine and saliva, all of which is drained into sewage treatment plants. Sampling that water is a good way to screen for certain viruses, and, as more people bypass the medical system and labs in favor of testing themselves at home for things like COVID-19, health agencies lik...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
Seattle City Council OKs law to prosecute for having and using drugs such as fentanyl in public
The Seattle City Council has adopted an ordinance that makes illegal drug use and possession a gross misdemeanor, after rejecting a similar measure earlier this summer (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Strengthening pill press control to combat fentanyl: legislative and law enforcement imperatives - Lassi N.
Background
Fentanyl has garnered significant focus from governments, academics, and the media due to the unparalleled increase in overdose fatalities it has triggered in North America. However, the pill presses, dies, and molds used to tablet counterfeit ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A case study for local data surveillance in opioid overdose fatalities in Cuyahoga County, OH 2016-2020 - Noriega I, Bhullar MK, Gilson TP, Flannery DJ, Deo V, Fulton S.
We examined carfentanil overdose deaths, other contributing Cause of Death (COD) drugs, and drug seizure... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Combating the opioid crisis and its national security threat through CReDO: a multidisciplinary solution with disaster medicine implications - Woodward CA, Issa FS, Caneva DC, Voskanyan A, Gadhia RA, Hart A, Hertelendy AJ, DiGregorio DA, Ciottone RG, Ciottone GR.
For the first time in history, the United States surpassed 100,000 overdose-related deaths in a 12-month period, driven by synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. Also for the first time, potential chemical weapons are readily available on the streets and the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Orexo Submits New Drug Application to FDA for OX124, a High-Dose Rescue Medication for Opioid Overdose
OX124 is based on Orexo´s world-class drug delivery platform amorphOX® and is designed to reverse the effect of the most powerful synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl
Synthetic opioids are behind 91 percent of all fatal opioid overdoses... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - September 19, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
