Poison control centers across the US say they are seeing a steep increase in calls related to semaglutide, an injected medication used for diabetes and weight loss, with some people reporting symptoms ...

Poison control centers are sounding the alarm on nicotine pouches as cases of young children accidentally ingesting them surge around the country. The warning comes amid new research showing calls ...

The nation's poison control centers put out an alert on the problem of dangerous synthetic marijuana. Hospitals in the Lehigh Valley have been dealing with a recent increase in overdoses connected to ...

Children commonly use substances found around the house to engage in self-harm, and a new study shows that the rate has risen ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Wednesday marked 25 years of service for the Iowa Poison Control Center. The center, which is located in Sioux City, was founded in 1999. Since then, this 24/7 call service has ...

A study found a nearly 50 percent increase in such calls between 2005 and 2012. — -- A new study found calls to poison control centers in the U.S. due to exposures to dietary supplements rose by ...

At the California Poison Control System in San Francisco, a call has just come in from a mother whose toddler accidentally drank a stain remover called “Grandma’s Secret.” “I’m not sure how much she ...

How does one call center handle the poison control needs of three states and two additional regions? Well, 20 employees at the Nebraska Regional Poison Center manage to make it work — 24/7, every day ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Nevada Poison Control has reported an increase in calls concerning people who say they were exposed to ivermectin, even as doctors and government agencies warn that its usage is not ...

The Iowa Poison Control Center is a lifeline in emergencies, but poison emergency calls used to go to phone lines at hospitals scattered across the country. Today, we mark 25 years since the center ...

At the California Poison Control System in San Francisco, a call has just come in from a mother whose toddler accidentally drank a stain remover called “Grandma’s Secret.” “I’m not sure how much she ...