The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in the state’s drug supply.

Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) officials are working to raise awareness about an increase in ...

San Francisco's public health department is looking to address the number of unintentional overdose deaths, which has been on the rise in 2025.

New restrictions meant to cut down on the flow of illegal opioids are leaving some patients without access to medication they ...

The opioid crisis was largely confined to rural Whites at the beginning but now is crushing the Black community. Yet help has not followed for Black patients.

Repurposed newspaper racks are giving residents free, discreet access to supplies that can reduce their risk of overdose and ...

Michael Schrader, chief executive of the Central California Alliance for Health, the local Medicaid plan for people in Merced ...

While humans have used opioids for their medicinal benefits, the drug has paved the path of both treatment and tragedy.

Authorities in eastern Nebraska are on high alert after the discovery of carfentanil, a potent opioid that is 10,000 times ...

Thriving United provides free Narcan kits and training in Midland to help combat opioid overdoses, including those from ...