Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione shares some good news in the opioid crisis.

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 ...

The total care for patients with opioid use disorder costs hospitals about $11 billion annually, according to an analysis conducted by Premier. 1. For the analysis, Premier included opioid overdoses ...

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 ...

While death rates among children have declined largely due to improvements in infant survival, deaths among older children from suicide and accidental poisonings have increased, according to a study ...

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 ...