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Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips for those with diabetes if a doctor prescribes them and you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. The number of test strips covered by Medicare ...

Georgia Legislature voted to legalize the strips, which may help prevent overdoses by detecting the lethal opioid in street drugs With time running out in the 2022 legislative session, Georgia ...

Test strips can determine within minutes if drugs are laced with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images As overdose deaths from opioids ...

Howard County residents now have two new places to pick up free naloxone and other overdose-prevention supplies at any time of day, without having to speak to a ...

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 ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Fentanyl recently ...

The biotech company BTNX says it is shipping out new test strips this week that detect the presence of xylazine, an animal sedative that officials say is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl. As ...

(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' ...

When she goes out, singer-songwriter Kalie Shorr always ensures she’s carrying the basics: wallet, keys—and fentanyl test strips. “When I’m at clubs, people just whip out cocaine—on the dance floor, ...