Fentanyl and other opioids have fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. In recent years, fatal overdose numbers have become defined by illicit fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic opioid ...

Proposed cuts to Medicaid could undo advances in treatment for opioid use disorders, risking more overdoses, deaths and ...

What started as a medical solution for pain management spiraled into a nationwide addiction crisis. Drugs like OxyContin, ...

What you need to know about opioid overdose reversal drug nalmefene’s risks, effectiveness and clinical concerns ...

Nearly 200 people attended an opioid awareness town hall in Warner Robins to discuss the rising threat of fentanyl-laced ...

Purdue Pharma has filed a new bankruptcy plan that will distribute more than $7.4 billion to compensate opioid epidemic ...

Since the late 1990s, there has been an increase in the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in the U.S., resulting in an epidemic. The opioid crisis is a major public health issue that ...

Tennessee's Opioid Abatement Council invites those affected by opioid addiction to join its new Community Advocacy Panel.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has renewed a 2017 public health emergency declaration ...

The Supreme Court last year blocked a previous settlement proposal from Purdue, arguing that the plan would afford the ...

Purdue Pharma has filed a new bankruptcy plan that details how the funds will be allocated and the proportion paid by its ...

A federal jury found pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart helped fuel the opioid epidemic in two Ohio counties. It’s the first trial pharmacy chains have faced related to the opioid crisis ...