Veterans could get free naloxone at VA clinics without a prescription under a bipartisan bill targeting overdose prevention.

When you have a mild headache or muscle ache, an over-the-counter pain reliever is usually enough to make you feel better. But if your pain is more severe, your doctor might recommend something ...

The Food and Drug Administration is attempting to put a spotlight on the potential risks associated with prolonged use of opioid pain medications by mandating changes to the way those products are ...

We are all tragically too familiar with the opioid crisis that continues to grip the nation. What started largely as a problem of over-prescribing and abuse of legitimate opioid-based pain medication ...

A new synthetic opioid has now been linked to 16 deaths in East Tennessee, the Knox County Regional Forensic Center announced Thursday morning.

The ongoing opioid epidemic highlights health care’s role in fueling the crisis as well as the highly addictive nature of ...

As the nation cautiously marks a two-year decline in overdose deaths, there are new warnings about emerging threats "even ...

The Oklahoma City Fire Department’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program has given the city a fresh set of tools for responding to mental health emergencies.

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