Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — With fentanyl-related overdose deaths rising, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to expand access to naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication often referred to by the brand name Narcan. House Bill 2395 still ...
NBC5 has teamed up with Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center to bring you Better Health, a weekly report on staying healthy. On this week’s Better Health, Asante’s Health Expert, Beth Coker, talks with Dr. Kevin Kelleher about the life saving ...
In this Mental Health Minute, Julia Jackson who is the Director of Behavioral Health at Jackson Care Connect, talks with Seraphina Pinsky, Tri-County Area Manage at Max’s Mission. Seraphina talks about the impact of Naloxone and the work being done ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Providence has seen a sharp increase in the number of people coming into the hospital due to fentanyl overdoses. Friday was especially notable, when the Medford Medical Center saw six overdoses within seven hours of each other. Their ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon lawmakers are advancing bills that would expand public access to the opioid reversal medication naloxone throughout the state. The drug naloxone, commonly sold under brand names like Narcan, is one of ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Firefighters serving southern Jackson County are providing local police departments with life-saving overdose-reversing kits. Local police stated despite its danger, fentanyl is now the number one drug in the Rogue Valley, surpassing heroin and methamphetamine. As ...
Author: KGW Staff OREGON CITY, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon City School District will begin stocking naloxone in schools and provide training in its use for reversing opioid overdoses after a unanimous vote by the school board Monday evening. With ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Deputies used Narcan to help revive a teen who they suspected had overdosed. The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office said on the evening of November 7, a 15-year-old reportedly overdosed at a home on Brandy Lane. When ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– A local non-profit held a training on correctly using a drug to reverse overdoses. It comes on the heels of Medford Police reporting 6 heroin overdoses in the last 30 days. Max’s Mission met with people at the ...
Medford, Ore. — Opioid use continues to be a problem across the country and in our own Rogue Valley. Now, a local mother who lost her son to overdose is trying to reach out to the community to lower the ...