A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful ...

In our news wrap Friday, a federal bankruptcy judge will approve Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle lawsuits over the ...

New research shows Virginia lost $5.2 billion to the opioid crisis in 2023, a significant increase from $3.5 billion in 2020 ...

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that strikes on suspected drug boats his administration began carrying out in September in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean are saving hundreds ...

Nationwide, more than $61 million in opioid settlement funds were spent on law enforcement-related efforts in 2024, according to a yearlong investigation by KFF Health News and researchers at the ...

A woman sworn in as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter. The election of Angela ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion, and urged Charlotte ...

Originally developed for diabetes, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are showing remarkable potential in combating addiction. Emerging ...