Medical organizations have recommended that Missouri hospital physicians decrease their opioid prescriptions, according to St. Louis Public Radio.

The FDA has announced the eight winners of its Innovation Challenge: Devices to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder.

After this year's G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, China agreed to reclassify fentanyl as a controlled substance to restrict its illegal distribution to the United States, according to CNN.

Some of the drug marketplaces on the dark web operating in the U.K. have voluntarily banned the sale of fentanyl, the nation's National Crime Agency told The Guardian.

Bloomberg Philanthropies will invest $50 million to fight the nationwide opioid epidemic in up to 10 states over the next three years.

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

First lady Melania Trump held a town hall-style meeting at Lynchburg, Va.-based Liberty University Nov. 28 to discuss the opioid epidemic, according to an e-newsletter published by STAT.

A team of scientists and researchers at Springfield, Mo..-based Jordan Valley Innovation Center and  Missouri State are testing a device that could develop into a nonopioid pain relief treatment, according to KY 3.

Medicaid patients treated for opioid-use disorder in New York may have received  prescription opioids from sources outside their treatment — a potentially lethal oversight,  the state comptroller's office revealed in a recent audit, according to the Democrat & Chronicle.

The number of hospitalizations attributed to methamphetamines has jumped by 245 percent due to the opioid epidemic overshadowing increased meth use, according to a study published in JAMA.

Burlington, Vt.-based Howard Center has expanded  its needle-exchange program to include doses of buprenorphine, according to Vox.

San Diego-based Scripps Health reduced its opioid prescriptions by 25 percent in the first year of its Opioid Stewardship Program, according to Patch.

Members of the Sackler family — who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription opioid OxyContin — face "mass litigation" for their alleged role in the opioid epidemic, unnamed sources told The Guardian.

People identifying as heterosexual are less likely to misuse opioids than those who have a different sexual orientation, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger has launched a surgical redesign program to improve pain management and reduce patient opioid use.

The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation issued a report Nov. 15, illustrating the state of Massachusetts lost $15.2 billion due to the opioid epidemic and overdoses attributed to opioids, according to WBUR.

Philadelphia's spike in opioid overdoses has contributed to an increase in organ donations, according to CBS Philly.

Despite increased anti-overdosing campaigns, a large portion of pharmacies are not up to date with stocking the over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote naloxone, according to STAT.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham announced Nov. 13, its Computer Forensics Research Lab will partner with Facebook to monitor online violations of its community standards for illicit drug sales.

Higher quantity of opioid prescriptions may result in increased opioid consumption among patients after surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.