Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe on Thursday signed four bills into law crafted to reduce the human cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia.
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As the death rate from opioid overdoses climbs, advocates in the recovery community initially urged President Donald Trump to install the White House's "drug czar" in his Cabinet. Now they are working to ensure the drug czar's office won't be…
The share of heroin-related overdose deaths in the United States increased from 8 percent in 2010 to 25 percent in 2015, according to a new data brief released Friday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and New York City-based Quartet, a mission-driven technology company that integrates mental health into primary care, expanded their services to two Pennsylvania counties — Butler and Westmoreland.
Hundreds of Minnesotans who've lost loved ones to opioid overdoses rallied at the State Capitol building in St. Paul on Tuesday for the state's inaugural "Opioid Awareness Day." The gathering coincided with bill proposals from state lawmakers designed to deter…
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Opioid overdoses accounted for 33,091 deaths in 2015, according to a CDC report released in December.
Dying patients who received community-based palliative care visited the emergency department half as much in their last year of life, according to an Australian study.
A couple in Berea, Ohio, was charged with child endangerment after their 8-year-old son experienced a suspected heroin overdose, according to WKYC news.
Approximately 31 percent of adults who use opioid painkillers and live with children store the prescription medications safely, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics.
Amid the nationwide opioid epidemic, some researchers and medical providers say greater use of marijuana for pain relief could lead to fewer people using and getting hooked on addictive prescription painkillers, reports The Pew Charitable Trusts.