A red stripe on a test strip indicates that a heroin sample is positive for fentanyl. In the face of relentless increases in overdose deaths that involve fentanyl, the strips have become an important ...

This week, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips in Mississippi, legislation that he said “will help save lives.” It’s the latest in a wave of states taking ...

In late November, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared a staggering statistic: Provisional data from the National Center for Health Statistics indicated that for the first time in the ...

Diabetes test strips are an easy way to test your blood sugar, aka your glucose levels. This is important for people with diabetes. The strips work with glucose meters to “read” your blood sugar ...

The US is still in an overdose crisis, driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid cropping up in other drugs. Fentanyl test strips can prevent overdoses by detecting fentanyl in drugs. In 10 states, these ...

When Ian Eisenberg’s friend died due to an overdose of fentanyl last year, the problem of street drugs laced with this potent synthetic opioid became personal. “People taking drugs that they have no ...

I heard a sound come out of my body when the police confirmed our daughter's death. It was a guttural scream that emanated from my soul. It was raw, piercing, pure. I crumbled to the floor, holding ...