• Top Biden aide tells China that U.S. wants to 'move beyond' spy balloon tensions

    Top Biden aide tells China that U.S. wants to 'move beyond' spy balloon tensions

    May 11, 2023 10:47 PM EDT

    ... to the administration official. The U.S. in particular has been pressing China to clamp down on the production of precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. Tensions between the countries spiked last year after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to democratically governed Taiwan. That visit, the first by ...

  • Republican Congressman Chip Roy on debt ceiling debate and border policy

    Republican Congressman Chip Roy on debt ceiling debate and border policy

    May 11, 2023 10:45 PM EDT

    ... four dead children in my school district where my kids live, where we live in, Hays County, Texas, and who have lost their kids to fentanyl. Talk to them.    Talk to the thousands of grieving families that have lost their loved ones to fentanyl, because we're allowing China ...

  • Effectiveness of safe injection sites to be evaluated in government-backed study

    Effectiveness of safe injection sites to be evaluated in government-backed study

    May 08, 2023 04:07 PM EDT

    ... National Institutes of Health established a harm reduction research network to study programs providing services and supplies such as naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses, and materials to test drugs for fentanyl, a powerful opioid driving record numbers of overdoses. The new study will be part of that project.

  • News Wrap: Gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in Atlanta medical building shooting

    News Wrap: Gunman kills 1, wounds 4 in Atlanta medical building shooting

    May 03, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... seizure of a ship carrying Iranian oil off Southeast Asia.    Back in this country, the CDC reports the rate of overdose deaths linked to fentanyl more than tripled over five years. New numbers show the rate for every 100,000 people jumped from 5.7 deaths in 2016 to ...

  • WATCH: Biden formally announces his 2024 reelection bid

    WATCH: Biden formally announces his 2024 reelection bid

    Apr 25, 2023 02:50 PM EDT

    ... of resilience despite Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “If voters let Biden ‘finish the job,’ inflation will continue to skyrocket, crime rates will rise, more fentanyl will cross our open borders, children will continue to be left behind, and American families will be worse off,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna ...

  • Biden officially kicks off 2024 reelection bid

    Biden officially kicks off 2024 reelection bid

    Apr 25, 2023 12:15 PM EDT

    ... of resilience despite Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. “If voters let Biden ‘finish the job,’ inflation will continue to skyrocket, crime rates will rise, more fentanyl will cross our open borders, children will continue to be left behind, and American families will be worse off,” Republican National Committee Chair Ronna ...

  • Why the U.S. designated the animal tranquilizer xylazine an 'emerging threat'

    Why the U.S. designated the animal tranquilizer xylazine an 'emerging threat'

    Apr 14, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... for breathing, oxygen level, and provide supportive care. Ali Rogin: What do you think of the Biden administration's announcement this week that xylazine and fentanyl together are going to be treated as an emerging threat? Dr. Raagini Jawa: So, I'm really glad that the ONDCP released this statement ...

  • Wider access to Narcan helps rural communities fight overdose deaths

    Wider access to Narcan helps rural communities fight overdose deaths

    Apr 05, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    Wally Meyers: Well, I mean, a lot of times, it's -- it seems as though they don't -- two doesn't work, seven, yes, seven for me. So I have been in recovery for 10 years, but sober for six-and-a-half. So, I relapsed, overdosed on fentanyl. Seven ...

  • How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis

    How FDA approval of over-the-counter Narcan sales affects the opioid crisis

    Apr 01, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    ... it has to essentially be free. And if we can make this -- that treatment more valuable, while making it harder for people to continue using fentanyl or heroin or prescription opioids, I think we'd start to see overdose deaths come down significantly. John Yang: Is the cost of it ...

  • Narcan just got over-the-counter approval. Here's what you need to know

    Narcan just got over-the-counter approval. Here's what you need to know

    Mar 29, 2023 02:59 PM EDT

    ... Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone. It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone. WATCH: Schools stockpile medication to combat rise in fentanyl overdoses Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a ...