The story everyone knows about the opioid epidemic goes like this: Big, bad Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed its potent ...

In a move to enhance community health and safety, the Grant County Health District has implemented a policy requiring ...

Data shows New Jersey recorded 2,816 overdose deaths in 2023. That’s about an 11 percent decline from the prior year, with ...

Project Noelle is working to make sure children affected by the opioid epidemic are not forgotten, providing year-round ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University is taking a proactive stance against the opioid epidemic by installing emergency naloxone ...

The opioid crisis is compounded by disparities in treatment access, particularly among racial, gender, and age groups, necessitating equitable solutions. Legislative efforts, such as the Opioid Harm ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. To start, we do not yet know the cause of the decline. Some ...

The names of more than 100 victims of the opioid epidemic were honored with purple rocks bearing their names and faces under ...

Hundreds of governmental entities have filed lawsuits to recoup funds expended addressing the opioid crisis. The lawsuits have primarily targeted drugmakers and drug distributors for allegedly ...

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 ...

The Penobscot County Commissioners have unanimously voted to approve funding $400,000 for 12 projects throughout the county that aim to address the opioid epidemic.

On November 29, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosted a public workshop to explore the tension between ...