Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest ...

Struggling folks drift to Philadelphia’s Kensington neighbourhood to build makeshift homes, to find community and solace where they can. Actor Amanda Seyfried grew up in Pennsylvania, yet she ...

Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the National Institutes of Health, three quarters of those casualties were men. A new study ...

The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives across the nation, and the Reno Orthopedic Center is taking steps to address the crisis with a new program aimed at reducing opioid use in post ...

Among the efforts to curb the U.S. opioid epidemic is a focus on reducing opioid prescribing. The researchers concluded that although health care system factors like prescribing restrictions ...

At issue: whether opioid settlement money — paid by health care companies that were sued for fueling the opioid crisis and meant to help states abate addiction — should be funneled to two ...

contributing to the state’s battle against the U.S. opioid epidemic, a new study suggests. About 16% of scrips written for buprenorphine in California came from an ER doctor in 2022, up from ...

The opioid epidemic is still an ongoing problem and there is no single solution to bring it under control. Ben Hargreaves finds that a new line of attack could be the development of more effective ...

Opioid addiction often starts where many don’t expect it — in the recovery room after surgery. Too often, patients are prescribed more pain medication than they actually need, leading to ...

But officials hosting a forum on the opioid epidemic Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University said the reported decline shows signs of progress. "This is a historic drop in deaths," said Andrae Bailey, ...

Law enforcement in Mohave County is leaving behind Narcan, along with a brochure on how to use it in a community gripped with opioids. Lisa Espinoza was outraged because her son, 31-year-old Larry ...