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

WA Supreme Court strikes down Spokane’s Prop 1, ruling it exceeded local initiative powers. City’s existing homeless camping ...

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation's opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of ...

While most states in the U.S. saw decreases to its year-over-year opioid-related deaths data, four states worsened—including Washington. Washington went from 34.1 opioid-related deaths per ...

Washington exported $12 billion worth of goods to China in 2024, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. That represented 21% of the state's global goods exports. China was the state ...

An internal memo proposes carving out $40 billion from federal health agencies while eliminating dozens of programs. Congress ...

Thurston County and its jurisdictions are "ahead of the curve" as they begin to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement funding from state and county lawsuits against opioid manufacturers ...

Quick administration of naloxone – also known as Narcan – by a first responder, loved one or bystander can revive an opioid user who has overdosed. If administered in time, naloxone is effective in ...

Per Addiction-Rep’s analysis, in the 12 months ending in June 2023, Washington saw 34.1 opioid-related deaths per 100,000 residents. By June 2024, that figure had climbed to 35.7, representing a ...

A local man caught three times with “dealer quantities” of fentanyl has been indicted on federal charges. “In one encounter, ...

Longtime autism researcher and clinical psychologist Walter Zahorodny is one of the experts advising Department of Health and ...

MultiCare received an award from the Washington State Hospital Association for addressing the opioid crisis in Spokane. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) is a resource team offering care ...