Milwaukee County officials unveiled a new digital dashboard Tuesday to monitor opioid overdoses and direct resources to areas most in need. The initiative was announced at the King Community Center in ...

Hebrew SeniorLife Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research A new research letter published in JAMA Health Forum highlights major gaps in how opioid use is tracked among older adults ...

The Pennsylvania Medical Society has started a new patient empowerment advocacy program titled “Opioids for Pain: Be Smart. Be Safe. Be Sure,” as a way to help curb opioid addiction. The initiative ...

Lifesaving or wasteful? Opinion is divided on the ways local communities are using opioid settlement funds. Survivors of the ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House members are advancing a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a database to track addictive prescription drugs but the measure still has a long way to go. The bill ...

How does your doctor actually prescribe opioid medication? Why is it hard to get a refill? What are the best solutions to ...

Medicare Part D claims significantly underreport opioid dispensing for patients admitted to skilled nursing facilities after hospitalizations, according to a September research letter published in the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane County is facing an increase in drug overdose deaths in 2024, with 84 percent of these deaths linked to opioids. A man known to his friends as Judge is one of the Spokane ...

A bill proposed in this year’s Maryland General Assembly would require more transparency with how local government agencies spend money received from opioid case ...