For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most ...

A University of Calgary-led international research team has identified a genetic factor that may explain why people respond ...

Over the past 12 months, hundreds of peer-reviewed cannabis-related studies have been released, covering everything from pain ...

Editor's note: Dalynn Kee's age was incorrect in a previous version of this story. She was 21, an adult, when she died in 2019. This version has been corrected.

Rates of opioid use during pregnancy in the United States have more than doubled over the past decade. Using hospital data from California covering more than 5.5 million pregnancies, researchers found ...

Nationwide, more than $50 billion in opioid settlement money is expected to flow over two decades to states and local governments. They are handing the funds differently, and some have faced criticism ...

Prescriptions for the new non-opioid pain medication suzetrigine more than doubled between April and August 2025, according to analysis from Epic Research. The increase indicates a growing interest in ...

Photographs by Tamara ReynoldsMs. Kingsolver is the author of “Demon Copperhead.” Ms. Reynolds is a documentary photographer based in Nashville. “It started when I got injured in a football game.” “It ...

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Algia Pharma, LLC (“Algia”) today announced the company has received support from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance AlgiaPak ® toward a Phase 2 ...

Positive feedback from FDA suggests an indication from perioperative pain to all mild-to-moderate acute pain, significantly expanding clinical and commercial potential IND-enabling studies currently ...

From 2023 to 2025, Tennessee’s 95 counties received $86.8M in opioid abatement funds. The state has paused public reporting on how the funds are being spent as it works on a new tracking system. Drug ...