Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a ...

Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be accessed or used illicitly. These substances carry a significant risk of ...

Baltimore’s finalized plan for tackling opioid overdoses, released Thursday, promises to reduce opioid overdose deaths ...

The community-based opioid treatment program Honor's HEROES at UTHealth Houston may significantly improve treatment retention ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply from 2023 to 2024, driven largely by decreases in deaths ...

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning the public about a newly-identified synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, that ...

Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local health expert is raising awareness about opioid overdose prevention, the risks of ...

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Tennessee health officials warn about cychlorphine, a new opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl, linked to more than 1,600 ...

In January 2013, when they were TCU students, Brennan Rodriguez loaded a syringe with heroin and injected it into Thomas “Ty” ...