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The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma, maker of the pain medication blamed for helping fuel the nation’s opioid crisis, has agreed to increase payments to settle long-running litigation ...
The settlement, in principle, would not shield Purdue Pharma or the Sackler family from additional liability over their role in the opioid crisis.
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually high rates.
The Washington state Department of Health launched ... Washingtonians live healthy and fulfilling lives, and to stop this opioid crisis from robbing those lives from our neighbors, friends ...
The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a period of several years.
Impressed with how a weekly youth-only program at the YMCA has been received, the Jefferson County commissioners on Thursday committed $25,000 from their opioid settlement fund to assist its general operations.
Wake County EMS's MOUD program successfully integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use in prehospital care.
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Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for opioid use disorder.
Infant mortality in the U.S. has significantly declined over the past two decades, but an alarming rise in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) has been observed, particularly from 2020 to 2022. Researchers link the overall progress in infant health to better medical care,