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‘I didn’t have it in my bag before’: Incoming Penn students say carrying Narcan is shaping their outlook on medicine
August 2023
WHYY
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Naloxone Nasal Spray
March 2023
FDA News Release
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‘What we need’: Families gets life-saving CHOP training as violence continues across Philly
February 2023
FOX29
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The Biden administration quietly eliminated a barrier to medication for opioid addiction
February 2023
NBC News
This Philly clinic gets patients with opioid addiction onto medication almost immediately. It’s seeing early success.
December 2022
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Hospitalizations for opioid overdoses are increasing among Black and Hispanic Pennsylvanians, study finds
October 2022
Philadelphia Inquirer
Biden’s Drug Czar Is Leading the Charge for a ‘Harm Reduction’ Approach
July 2022
New York Times
Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses
July 2022
New York Times
‘Lifesaving work is at risk’: On the end of telehealth waivers for opioid use disorder
June 2022
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine, Philadelphia Department of Public Health Partner to Increase Virtual Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
May 2022
Penn Press Release
For Philadelphians in addiction recovery navigating the pandemic, there are ‘worse things in life than being isolated’
July 2021
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Fatal overdoses among Black Philadelphians soared during the pandemic, new data show
April 2021
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Opiate Overdoses Spike in Black Philadelphians, But Drop in White Residents Since COVID-19
January 2021
Penn Medicine News
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Connecting During Crisis: Overdoses Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 2021
Penn Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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Penn Researchers use virtual reality to train bystanders to respond to overdoses
September 2020
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine’s Virtual Bridge to Opioid Recovery
July 2020
Penn Medicine News
‘Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the Coronavirus pandemic
July 2020
The Washington Post
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Addiction Recovery in the Age of Coronavirus
June 2020
US News and World Reports
Philadelphia prisons investigating 4 overdoses, including 3 deaths, in custody
March 2020
Inquirer
Safehouse hits pause on plan to open supervised injection site in South Philly
February 2020
WHYY
Overdose prevention sites promote public health and don’t increase crime
February 2020
Inquirer
Philly’s overdose deaths rose again in 2019, especially in black and Latino communities
February 2020
Inquirer
The Opioid Tragedy, Part 1: ‘We’ve Addicted an Entire Generation’
January 2020
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OP-ED: ‘It’s like drowning’: Minute by minute, a physician tells a courtroom how you die from an overdose
August 2019
York Dispatch
Strangers sprang into action to save a life on the subway. What if policymakers shared these values?
June 2019
Inquirer
“As overdose rates rise in Philly’s Hispanic community, racial disparities in health care add to the burden”
May 2019
Inquirer
Emergency rooms open new paths for opioid overdose survivors
January 2019
USA Today
From addiction and loss to recovery and empathy: Q&A with Nicole O’Donnell
August 2018
Penn Today
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