Amid an escalating overdose crisis, growing attention has turned to racial and ethnic disparities in the accessibility of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as buprenorphine. Most existing ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Black and Hispanic people are “significantly less likely” to receive two medications used to treat opioid addiction, according to a new study.

Ellen Latsko, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Alina Denham, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. Michael L. Barnett ([email protected]), Brown ...

FILE: An opioid crisis resource kit containing Narcan, fentanyl test strips and information on how to get addiction treatment and more harm reduction resources. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and ...

Mass. had more than 700 fewer opioid-related deaths since last year. Worcester dropped from 105 deaths in 2023 to 43 in 2024. Nationally, the CDC reporting a 32% decline in opioid-related overdose ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general in the first Trump administration, is a distinguished professor in pharmacy practice and public health at Purdue University. The ...

Megan Cantone stumbled out of the hospital in tears from the pain. She sought treatment for an infection from drug use. Medical professionals at the Denver hospital provided the treatment, but as ...

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Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...

It isn't an exaggeration to say Pennsylvania's opioid and fentanyl epidemic is the public health challenge of our time. Across our commonwealth and America, opioid use disorder continues to be a ...