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Widespread naloxone distribution not enough to impact overdose death rate

September 28, 2023

The highest ever number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States was recorded in 2020 at 68,630, a 68% increase in just two years. Naloxone is a medicine that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, but a new study out of the University of Cincinnati finds that widespread community distribution of naloxone through a take-home naloxone program did not significantly impact the median monthly opioid overdose rates.

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UC sets College of Nursing student on the road to success

September 27, 2023

When Elajah Trosclair, ’23, came to UC from California, her expectations were straightforward. She would study, support herself financially, earn her degree, and become a registered nurse. To her surprise, a much larger world opened up to her.