PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A growing number of young children are dying from poisonings related to opioids, according to new research from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The nationwide research ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Health Department is increasing access to a life-saving opioid overdose treatment through a free, 24-hour program. Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole ...
A growing number of people are turning to medical marijuana for pain control, and doctors say cannabis is generally safer than opioids and can be just as effective. Rothman Orthopedics, headquartered ...
Opioids were the most common substance contributing to the poisoning deaths of children ages 5 and younger, according to a new study. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, found ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf was in Philadelphia's Kensington section Thursday, highlighting the need for more funding to battle the opioid crisis. The governor visited ...
A federal appeals court ruled the effort by nonprofit Safehouse to open a "supervised injection site" to prevent overdose deaths is laudable but... Efforts to open the first "supervised injection site ...
More than 50% of Philly residents have family or friends struggling with substance abuse. One in three know someone who died from overdose. The sidewalk on Kensington Ave. near Allegheny Ave. in ...
More than 10 million used syringes were collected by a Kensington-based nonprofit over a recent 12-month stretch – the latest evidence that the opioid crisis has grown substantially since the COVID-19 ...
Unimaginable pain and restlessness. Vomiting so frequent and forceful that it can perforate the esophagus. Blood pressure and heart rate so high that they damage the heart. Sweating that drenches ...
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