A volunteer registered nurse treats a xylazine-associated wound at a clinic in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Matt Rourke/AP Before xylazine, most of the wounds we treated were skin ...

Three months after declaring xylazine an emerging health threat, the White House has unveiled a broad strategy to address the public health impact of the veterinary sedative's growing presence in the ...

There's a growing trend in opioid-related deaths. it involves a deadly drug that is rotting off peoples' flesh, and leaving them in a zombie-like state. It's called Xylazine. It's a tranquilizer for ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia seized three parcels in September of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer that authorities report is being cut more frequently with fentanyl and ...

While partly off the radar for many, the opioid crisis is still unfolding and continuing every day. There are concerns the battle is not being won because one drug or substance just replaces another, ...

Volunteer registered nurse Jennifer D'Angelo treats Patrick C.'s skin wounds in a screened-off section of the Savage Sisters' community outreach storefront in the Kensington neighborhood of ...

The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to address the growing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, in the country’s illicit drug supply. In recent years, xylazine, which is ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up in supplies of illicit drugs ...

NORRISTOWN – A Philadelphia man admitted to distributing the deadly drugs fentanyl and xylazine in Norristown and potentially faces time behind bars. Joseph Thomas Skowronski, 31, of the 3500 block of ...

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