WASHINGTON — Federal officials approved a new type of pain drug Thursday designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

The settlement does not require Meta to admit ... in part because it is understood by some as a practice that suggests preferential treatment of some groups over others," Janelle Gale, Meta's ...

Balancing Pain Management and Developing New Pain Treatment with Addiction Prevention. Grade: C+ Real progress was made in preventing opioid addiction and overdose deaths. However, many chronic ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill ... Vertex's drug is specifically approved for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain, which ...

Local health officials offered a look into the addiction treatment and recovery ... presented how much they’ve spent of the $154 million in opioid settlement funds the city has collected at ...

how much money will be paid to each or when the payment will be issued. However, users were told they do not need to take any action at this time to receive a refund. A $15 million settlement last ...

A Greensboro laboratory has reached a settlement to resolve allegations that it committed Medicaid fraud. Substance Abuse Treatment Labs ... to recover triple the money falsely obtained in ...

Dollars are being spent on harm reduction efforts, treatment and recovery ... can make recommendations in the Opioid Settlement Public Input Survey launched Jan. 9 and open until Feb. 28. “We’ve made ...

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving ... to pay for upgrades to the water treatment plant and replace police and fire ...