The drugmaker shed billions of dollars in value after it told investors that widening Journavx’s approval to chronic pain ...

When federal health regulators last week announced plans to control a compound found in the kratom plant, they made one big distinction: "We're not targeting the kratom leaf or ground up kratom," Food ...

Little-known nitazenes synthetic opioids evade standard drug tests while causing overdose deaths, requiring specialized ...

Carnegie faces rising costs and disastrous setbacks. Meet the locals who are fighting to revive Main Street with creativity and sheer tenacity.

New research by KFF, a health policy organization, shows Nebraska has the lowest opioid overdose death rate in the ...

Kentucky cities and counties are supposed to tell the state how they spend their opioid settlement funds, but compliance has ...

Bloomington woman files federal lawsuit against sheriff and jail medical workers alleging 'medical deliberate indifference.' ...

Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law 124 of the 436 bills sent to him by lawmakers in the spring legislative session.

Results from a small study suggest ketamine’s antidepressant effects may require activation of the brain’s opioid system.

At its regular 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday, Danville’s city council will consider participating in a proposed nationwide settlement agreement of opioid-related claims. Participation would allow the city to ...

With seven months of the year done, the number of overdose deaths in Grant County is running ahead of the same period in 2024. KC Sherwood, death investigator for the Grant County Coroner's Office, ...