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Latest Research and Studies

Wearable Naloxone Patch Detects and Reverses Fentanyl Overdose in Mice

29 Sept 2026

Experimental wearable detects respiratory depression and automatically delivers naloxone in a fentanyl-overdose mouse model using closed-loop control.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

Saline Recall After Potassium Chloride Bag Found Inside Wrong Overwrap

25 Sept 2026

Saline-labeled IV overwrap opened to reveal a potassium chloride bag, illustrating the recalled wrong-drug mix-up and severe hyperkalemia risk.

Substance Abuse and Overdose

Ole Miss Death Investigations Put Kratom in Spotlight—but Toxicology Results Are Still Pending

25 Sept 2026

Packaged kratom evidence beside forensic toxicology testing, illustrating two Ole Miss death investigations where product composition and causation remain unconfirmed.

Substance Abuse and Overdose

Fentanyl Purity Alone Does Not Explain the U.S. Overdose Decline, Study Finds

20 Sept 2026

Data graphic comparing fentanyl purity and overdose mortality across U.S. regions, illustrating why one national supply measure cannot explain the decline.

Latest Research and Studies

New Study Reopens Cefepime Mortality Safety Question

19 Sept 2026

Cefepime vial between published and FDA-provided trial evidence, showing 6.6% versus 6.2% mortality in the 2026 Bayesian meta-analysis.

Regulatory and Policy Updates

FDA Adds Kybella Warning After Serious Adverse Events With Off-Label Injections

19 Sept 2026

Anatomical illustration of the approved submental Kybella treatment area, off-label injection risks, and a persistent post-injection nodule.

Substance Abuse and Overdose

CDC Finds Cannabis in 1 in 5 Overdose Deaths—but Rarely as a Cause

09 Sept 2026

Forensic toxicology graphic showing cannabis detected in 21.0% of overdose deaths, versus 0.8% involved in death and only 9 cannabis-only deaths.

Regulatory and Policy Updates

FDA Toxicology Update: Injectafer Boxed Warning and DNP Recall

04 Sept 2026

Ferric carboxymaltose infusion with low-phosphate cue, weight-loss tablets and saline particulate inspection, illustrating three FDA safety actions.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

FDA Calls for Stronger Infant Formula Safeguards After Botulism Outbreaks

03 Sept 2026

Two infant-formula outbreak samples labeled Nara and ByHeart linked by genomic evidence, with a powdered-milk supply-chain context and unresolved contamination point.

Public Health Warnings and Recalls

FDA Finds Dangerously High Yohimbine Plus Hidden Tadalafil and Flibanserin in WAP Sensual Enhancement

02 Sept 2026

WAP Sensual Enhancement under laboratory review beside labeled evidence samples for dangerously high yohimbine, undeclared tadalafil, and undeclared flibanserin.

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