Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...

The opioid epidemic costs the U.S. over $1.5 trillion annually, overloading hospitals, public health systems, and law ...

Jen Ashton discusses how the number of emergency visits among children ... in the balance at the Supreme Court as victims of the opioid epidemic urged justices to approve a deal with the ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...

In connection with the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C rates have risen dramatically. People who share needles, especially opioids, are at risk of contracting hepatitis C. Getting screened and ...

Opioid abuse and rural homelessness create a spiral for some rural residents, a new study has found. For the study, researchers with the Rural Opioid ...

The opioid epidemic is still an ongoing problem and ... it could be another useful tool to reduce the number of deaths and prevent more individuals from becoming addicted in the first place.

The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...

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

Hearst Television's National Investigative Unit is learning more about a substance, not considered an opioid, being mixed ...

Eleven people overdosed in Essex County in January. One person died. County health officials says that's a record number of overdoses over a monthlong period, and opioids were confirmed or suspected ...