A Station for Everyone
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Opioid Overdose Reversal Kits Available Free of Charge to Iowans

121319 404

A new state program will mail free opioid reversal drug kits to anyone in the state. 

The drug involved is naloxone -- also known as Narcan.

Kevin Gabbert is the Opioids Initiatives Director at the state Department of Public Health, which has partnered with the University of Iowa to offer the program. 

He says a two-dose kit can cost as much as 150 dollars.

One hundred and thirty-seven Iowans died of an opioid overdose last year. Anyone interested in getting a free kit can go to naloxone Iowa dot org to schedule a video consultation with a pharmacist. 

One of the world's largest banks will reap a windfall from the University of Iowa's multi-billion-dollar plan to outsource its utility operations before students or faculty see any benefit from the deal. UI hired Wells Fargo last year to work as its strategic advisor on a plan to monetize its utility assets through a long-term management contract.   

Wells Fargo is expected to get about 1% of the nearly $1.2 billion payment.  Gov. Kim Reynolds hailed the deal as a way to generate revenue for higher education, but Democratic critics called it risky.

The director of the Iowa Department of Transportation is leaving his job next month after Gov. Kim Reynolds asked him to resign. Mark Lowe is a lawyer who was appointed to the post by Reynolds in May 2017. 

The governor's spokesman says she has decided to seek a change in leadership. 

His resignation letter released Friday makes no mention of why he was asked to leave. His resignation is effective Jan. 10.

Related Content