The opioid drug epidemic has created a lot more drug-dependent newborns and hospitals often have to foot the bill for their treatment, the Boston Herald has reported. The cost of treating these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight months pregnant and in pain, Stephanie Rosell went to the Holy Family hospital emergency room after an infection began ...

Lawyers representing babies born dependant on opioids are seeking to separate their lawsuit from nationwide litigation against opioid manufacturers, according to Politico. The lawyers argue ...

Morrisey vows to protect Hope Scholarship as budget fight focuses on $300M funding Gov. Patrick Morrisey says he is committed to protecting the Hope Scholarship as lawmakers debate sharply different ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WPVI) -- The ABC7 I-Team looked into the most heartbreaking development of the opioid epidemic: tiny lives that begin drug dependent. They can't "just say no" because they are ...

Washington Democrats and Governor Bob Ferguson claim to champion the vulnerable, yet they have once again revealed their disturbing priorities. Ferguson, in a move of pure political pandering, has ...

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) – Statistics show a steep increase in the number of babies born addicted to opioids at Reid Health hospital in Richmond. Hospital representatives say 23 babies were born with an ...

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INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN THAT AREA. ONCE WE GET AN UPDATE, WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. OUR TARGET 7 SPECIAL INVESTIGATION, BROKEN PROMISES SHOWED YOU HOW BABIES BORN ADDICTED TO DRUGS WERE BEING ...

WILMINGTON, Del. -- WDEL in Wilmington reported Thursday the state has accounted for 431 cases of drug or alcohol addicted babies born in Delaware last year. That's an increase of more than 100 babies ...

(The Center Square) – After 35 years, the Pediatric Interim Care Center in Kent – the only specialized medical facility in western Washington caring for drug-exposed babies – stopped accepting new ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico has expressed regret over signing the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) in 2019, a law that has been blamed for numerous infant deaths in the ...