VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas church community is hurting in the wake of this week’s school shooting in Nashville. Three adults and three students were killed inside the Covenant School. Hundreds of People packed Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas on Tuesday for a vigil. The service was meant to lift up the family of…… MORE
PLANO (WBAP/KLIF) – The Plano Police Department will host a free drug forum this week to help educate the public on the growing concerns and dangers of fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. The event will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Plano Event Center. After the forum, attendees will be invited to…… MORE
Substance abuse experts say preliminary research is promising news in the treatment of alcohol abuse which effects nearly 30 million Americans. Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – Amid the current substance abuse crisis surrounding opioids and fentanyl, researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in the treatment alcohol abuse disorders. A medication used to treat a common skin condition…… MORE