The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

Vertex has attracted interest from Wall Street for its ambitious drug pipeline that involves winning FDA approval for ...

The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Walgreens accusing the drugstore giant of filling millions of illegitimate ...

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 ...

As we look toward the policies that will shape the next term of the Trump administration, one matter that demands attention is the opioid crisis — a scourge that has ravaged American communities.

Last year, at least 327 people died of overdose in Spokane County, a more than 300% increase from 2019, when there were 80 ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.