opioids

Southern Ohio has been the epicenter of the opioid crisis, with record-breaking rates of overdoses and deaths.

Addiction tech entrepreneurs see a $42 billion U.S. market for their products and an addiction treatment field that is ripe...

The payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...

Lags Medical Center patients were left without ready access to their medical records or handoffs to other physicians.

About 30,000 to 40,000 opioid use disorder patients are hospitalized with sepsis each year.

The volume of prescription opioids dispensed from retail pharmacies declined by 21% from 2008 to 2018, a new study finds.

As overdose deaths nationwide reach all-time highs, the Biden administration has made increasing access to naloxone a key part of...

The combination of fentanyl and the coronavirus pandemic have become primary drivers of overdose deaths in the United States.

The DEA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by scaring pharmacies away from dispensing this medication when it's desperately needed.

At the Wright Center for Community Health, the Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) immunization registry paved the way for strong...

The Hulu series dovetails with the broader reality KFF's journalists and analysts have been documenting in their work for the...

Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.