Springfield will receive $7 million over the next 14 years and use it to try to prevent opioid overdose deaths in the city.

The legislation seeks to rein in the runaway growth of sports betting and ban industry practices that some public health ...

Gov. Maura Healey claims border czar Tom Homan has a “fixation” with the Bay State. She’s right, he does. In the same way ...

Incarcerated people are reporting that the abrupt changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl contribute to nearly 70% of overdose deaths in the United States, according to the Centers ...

Read at the Twelfth Maryland Conference of Charities and Correction (including Delaware, District of Columbia and Maryland), Baltimore, Nov., 1916.

he solemn issue of opioid and drug addiction afflicting Halifax County was the topic of a presentation from Engaging Halifax County at the town of Halifax’s meeting on Tuesday night. The ...

As a result, there's been a real upswing in opioids being used for chronic pain treatment, and this is where the problem begins. "We had over 1,000 opioid-related deaths in 2016, according to the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) and MGM Springfield are recognizing March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM) with initiatives aimed at promoting ...

In an interview, he said he’s focused on improving Boston’s public schools, emphasizing vocational education, as well as taking on the opioid crisis and exploring strategies to reopen the Long ...

Outreach efforts like these are why Stephen White, the assistant chief of Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS), believes local opioid overdoes ... "That doesn't mean the problem's gone.