Health officials and EMS workers in Huntington, West Virginia, say they are finally starting to get a handle on the opioid crisis. However, they warn it could all slip away due to the proposed $6 ...

The Purdue Pharma settlement in principle is the nation’s largest settlement to date with individuals responsible for the opioid crisis, the news release said. In total, West Virginia has ...

West Virginia joins $7.4 billion-dollar opioid settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma and its owners. ... Now, hopefully, we can start to recover and turn the page on the opioid crisis. ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia could receive up to $53 million over the next nine years from a proposed settlement between the Sackler family — the owners of opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma ...

After an overdose of torturous extraction, manipulation, and graphing, the tables below were born. Even I was astounded by the "new face" of the opioid crisis. What is the result of the crackdown on ...

NBC’s Morgan Radford reports from Huntington, West Virginia — once known as “ground zero” for the opioid crisis — where overdose deaths have dropped more than 70% from their peak. But ...

D.C., which is also involved in the settlement, had the fourth-highest opioid overdose death rate in the U.S. in 2022, behind West Virginia, Delaware, and Maine.

All 50 states, D.C., and four U.S. territories signed off on the multi-billion dollar settlement proposal with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in litigation over Purdue's alleged role in America's ...

The settlement resolves litigation against the Sacklers over the opioid crisis. All 50 states as well as Washington, D.C., and four U.S. territories have agreed to sign a $7.4 billion settlement ...

M aryland, Virginia, and D.C. attorneys general have joined a coalition of 55 attorneys general that have preliminarily agreed to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the ...