Researchers have identified bradycardia-an abnormally low heart rate–as a symptom of xylazine-opioid overdose. This breakthrough finding from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai may help ...

(The Hill) — Overdose deaths involving illegally-manufactured fentanyl laced with xylazine have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New CDC ...

Patients with opioid overdose who tested positive for xylazine in the emergency department (ED) had higher rates of bradycardia (6.3% vs 2.6%) than those who tested negative and were mostly from the ...

ROCHESTER – Monroe County is stepping up its efforts to combat drug overdoses by offering fentanyl and xylazine test strips ...

A recent report on drug trends in Michigan suggests the illicit drug supply is changing, with purer methamphetamine, more cocaine and increasingly unpredictable opioid mixtures appearing in lab ...

Toxicology data is derived from analysis of specimens submitted by Indiana coroners in the event of a suspected overdose death. The findings ...

FARGO — Fargo is seeing its highest number of drug overdoses in five years, but public health officials say the true scale of the problem may be even larger. During the release of the 2025 crime ...

It is breathtaking to watch the manner in which the substance abuse epidemic in our region continues to evolve. Just last month, officials in Gallia County, Ohio, warned a growing danger has reared ...

March 2, 2026 Hon. Chuck GrassleyChairSenate Judiciary Committee Hon. Jim JordanChairHouse Judiciary Committee Hon. Brett GuthrieChairHouse Energy & Commerce Hon. Dick DurbinRanking MemberSenate ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida has filed to reclassify xylazine as a Schedule I controlled substance, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Wednesday. Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer known ...