Kava, sold in drinks, pills and extracts, can cause adverse health effects, especially in combination with kratom, researchers say.

In 2011, poison control centers registered 57 calls about kava. In 2025, the number was 203 — a 383% jump. Also in 2025, 30% ...

A new report finds a surge in poison control center calls linked to kava, a substance often marketed for relaxation. It ...

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that there has been an increase in poison center reports ...

UVA Health researchers say today’s stronger, unregulated products are causing serious reactions, including vomiting, rapid ...

Calls to poison centers about kava – a drug found in drinks marketed as a healthy alternative to alcoholic beverages – rose ...

While cigarette exposures are decreasing for young children, electronic nicotine products are putting toddlers at new risk of ...

Senior study author Dr. Diane Calello, medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center, is convinced that vaping ...

Electronic cigarette-related exposures in young children from products such as vapes have increased 243 percent in children ...

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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Southwest Virginia was ground zero for the opioid epidemic. Even though overdose deaths have fallen ...