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Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...

Eleven people overdosed in Essex County in January. One person died. County health officials says that's a record number of overdoses over a monthlong period, and opioids were confirmed or suspected ...

Opioid abuse and rural homelessness create a spiral for some rural residents, a new study has found. For the study, researchers with the Rural Opioid ...

The opioid epidemic costs the U.S. over $1.5 trillion annually, overloading hospitals, public health systems, and law ...

Deaths caused by opioid-related overdoses dropped by nearly 40 percent last summer, according to data released by the Boston Public Health Commission on Jan. 29. The statistics tracked between May and ...

Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.

The West Virginia Child Advocacy Network (WVCAN) has released its statewide data report for the 2024 fiscal year (July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024). The data in the report ...

An historic settlement reached between drugmakers and some states offers those states which were part of the deal a valuable ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...

The approach to bring those numbers down has been all hands on deck. While statistics show it's working, overdose deaths are rising at alarming rates among Black communities.

A report on child abuse statistics for the Mountain State through 2024 was released by the West Virginia Child Advocacy ...