116 daily deaths, 42,249 yearly deaths, and $504 billion were the statistics that haunted Americans as a result of the opioid epidemic in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

It's clear to me, as a public health doctor and journalist, that there have been fewer news stories on the opioid epidemic in recent months, in print, online, and on the radio and TV. While I don't ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House published a new report Tuesday on what needs to be done to combat the opioid epidemic. The Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking is made up of eight ...

With all the news about the opioid epidemic, there's an unexpected group in trouble: older people. In fact, an analysis of government data shows more than 500,000 Medicare recipients received high ...

Opioid epidemic costs Virginians billions per year despite declining overdose deaths ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

However, there has more recently been an alarming shift from prescription opioids to synthetic opioids like fentanyl and ...

Hundreds of governmental entities have filed lawsuits to recoup funds expended addressing the opioid crisis. The lawsuits have primarily targeted drugmakers and drug distributors for allegedly ...

President Donald Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a national public health emergency and urged prosecutors to seek the death penalty against drug dealers. Congress has provided targeted grants ...

As the nation’s opioid epidemic deepens, Southwest Brooklyn’s elected officials and civic leaders are grappling with the health crisis by coming up with ideas on how to confront the growing problem.