National Poison Prevention Week brings extra meaning this year for Utah Poison Control Center (UPCC) as they celebrate their 70th anniversary. Since the beginning in 1954, UPCC has handled over 2 ...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was asked by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to assist in developing a more systematic approach ...

The NJ Poison Control Center together with Children’s Specialized Hospital (CSH) invite the public to attend our upcoming free health and safety resource fair on Saturday, March 25th. Together we ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – March is Poison Prevention Awareness Month and a poison is any substance that can cause harm or death, but not all poisons are obvious. Each year more than two million people are ...

First-year PharmD students from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UB SPPS) visited local preschools and elementary schools during the spring semester to educate students on the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It’s National Poison Prevention Week, and Florida’s poison control centers want to remind people to be extra careful--and be ready to act. Whether it’s hand sanitizer, spray ...

Each year, the nation’s 55 Poison Control Centers receive 1.2 million calls stemming from accidental poisonings involving children aged five and under. Most of these incidents occur at home and are ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Press Release) – Experts at the Alabama Poison Information Center (APIC) handled more than 105,000 incoming and follow-up phone calls in 2020, offering free and confidential poison ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was no modern specialty of toxicology, no poison control centers, no oversight of pharmaceutical manufacturing or drug labeling, and little knowledge ...