A biotech company in New York is testing out a fentanyl vaccine that, if effective, could completely upend overdose prevention and treatment.
Fentanyl abuse has been a driving cause of overdoes deaths in the U.S. for more than a decade. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl was responsible for nearly 70 percent of overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2023. In some parts of the country it may be more likely to see a box of overdose-counteracting Narcan on the wall of a public place than a defibrillator.
