Public Health

Officials with Cuyahoga County filed a lawsuit against multiple drugmakers, drug distributors and physicians for their alleged role in facilitating high rates of opioid overdoses in one of Ohio's most-populated counties.

Amid growing rates of opioid overdoses in 2012, Endo International pulled a version of its best-selling painkiller, Opana ER, from the market, categorizing the drug as dangerous and susceptible to abuse, according to a report from CNN.

Eric Hargan, acting secretary for HHS, formally declared the nation's ongoing opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency on behalf of the agency after President Donald Trump publicly directed HHS to do so Thursday.

After the President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency Thursday, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, offered his support of the announcement.

Rarely does a day pass without a headline about opioid abuse and addiction. While safeguards like prescription guidelines and alternate pain remedies have been put into place, it’s still estimated that about 90 Americans lose their lives each day due…

President Donald Trump officially declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency Thursday.

A pilot pharmacy management program launched by WellCare Health Plans resulted in a 50 percent reduction in opioid dispensation among WellCare members in Kentucky.

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said during his remarks to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday the FDA plans to expand the use of medications such as buprenorphine and methadone for the treatment of…

President Donald Trump on Thursday will announce he is instructing HHS to declare the opioid overdose epidemic a public health emergency, according to a report from The New York Times.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday released a video of a couple found passed out in their car in the parking lot of a convenience store in Deland, Fla., with their baby sweating in the backseat and wearing a…