Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ non-opioid pain medication is up for FDA approval this week. Other drugmakers have found safer ...

The fund culminates more than a year of planning and community meetings over how to spend money from opioid legal settlements ...

Rural counties in Southwest Pennsylvania are quickly matching pace with the region’s urban center in overdose medication ...

"This is not new or common to Utah. Unfortunately, it’s getting worse," Rep. Matthew Gwynn, R-Farr West, said.

A new study led by researchers at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that adults with newly diagnosed sciatica ...

Patients with opioid use disorder enrolled in Medicaid were less likely to receive telehealth care after the COVID-19 ...

Colorado is set to receive around $81 million from a $7.4 billion preliminary settlement with Purdue Pharma, the company’s ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from attorneys for the city and county, as well as counsel from AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson, the three ...

Purdue was instrumental in creating the US opioid crisis via aggressive marketing that did not reflect the true addiction ...

New data shows a “significant decrease” in opioid-related overdose deaths from May to August 2024 when compared to the same ...

Kratom has been used for hundreds of years in Southeast Asia for issues like fatigue. But it's banned in at least 6 states.

Councilmembers Linda Lee and Mercedes Narcisse, who chair the mental health and hospitals committees, respectively, held a ...