Public health workers will soon have a new tool at their disposal to thwart a spreading danger to users of illicit drugs: xylazine test strips. The new testing kits will allow health departments, ...

The ketogenic diet is a strict, low-carb diet that is gaining in popularity due to claimed health benefits, which include dramatic weight loss, lowered blood triglycerides, increased levels of good ...

There’s a new tool that may help address the dangers of xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer increasingly found in street drugs. A handful of harm reduction programs in Massachusetts have started ...

In a move that mirrors fentanyl testing strip distribution two years ago, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill into law Tuesday that would decriminalize the use of xylazine testing strips.

California is making fentanyl test strips free to organizations. How to get a kit A test strip shows that the heroin sampled is positive for fentanyl. There are two kinds of fentanyl, pharmaceutical ...

Fentanyl test strip. Fentanyl test strips are a low-cost method of helping prevent drug overdoses.Michael Siluk—UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In a rapid shift since last year, over a ...

As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. Two bills — House Bill ...