Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

This week's Trivia Tuesday question revisits a device designed to prevent opioid overdoses. Why did readers respond so ...

Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank.

From 2016-2025, the co-involvement of stimulants in fentanyl overdose deaths increased 164%, according to a new report by Millennium Health, a San Diego-based specialty lab that conducts urine drug ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A state bill to require life-saving opioid overdose medication in assorted public places, co-sponsored by state Sen. Peter Oberacker, has garnered favor in the state Senate. The ...

A newly identified synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 16 overdose deaths in East Tennessee, according to ...

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University of Rhode Island Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston University researchers in a recent study that found that pharmacy-based ...

Cities and towns received nearly $108 million in funds in 2025 and spent only $13 million.

The national Six Remnant Defendants lawsuit was brought Feb. 23. The total compensation paid to participating governments ...

State health officials have launched a system aimed at allowing the public track how local governments spend the almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive by 2039.