Instead of winding down, the opioid epidemic tightened its grip and picked up speed. Open and easy access to this terrifyingly addictive drug makes opioids practically commonplace in American medicine ...

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

Transcending jurisdictional and party lines, elected officials from Spokane County and the city of Spokane met Friday for an ...

A new procedure for treating pain at Mercy Hospital Washington is helping reduce the number of patients relying on opioids ...

A report by Seattle auditors found that the “hot spot” of 12th and Jackson in Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood has one of ...

After joining NPR full time in 2020, Mann was one of the first national journalists to track the deadly spread of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, reporting from California and Washington state to ...

The rapidly worsening trade war between the world’s two largest economies is threatening the place where Americans and ...

Leaders of both the city and the county met Friday in a rare joint meeting to address the opioid crisis in the Spokane area.

The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to ...

Tulsa County is now accepting applications from organizations seeking to address the opioid crisis through treatment, recovery, and prevention programs. The county has launched an online portal ...

More than $12 million in state grants are being distributed across Oklahoma to help communities combat the ongoing opioid epidemic. One of the recipients is Rogers County and the City of Claremore ...