The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered health systems’ priorities, leading to the redistribution and reallocation of human and financial resources towards pandemic-related prevention and ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Delaware's top substance abuse director was appointed co-chair of the state's opioid settlement distribution commission. This appointment has sparked legal questions about whether it's lawful for the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The federal lawsuit against CVS Health unsealed on Wednesday could reshape the state’s next race for governor, as one of the players involved is a leading candidate for the ...

Despite conflicting information about the relationship between opioid use and national workforce levels, the opioid epidemic does not directly affect U.S. employment, according to research published ...

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. renewed this week a public health emergency declaration to address the national opioid crisis. The emergency declaration will be renewed for 90 days and will allow the ...

This essay is adapted from the author's book "The Nature of Pain: Roots, Recovery, and Redemption Amid the Opioid Crisis," published by the University Press of Kentucky. I want to write about the ...

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday formally approved OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harms of opioids. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane gave ...