What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill? That's a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled ...

Zydus Lifesciences will roll out generic semaglutide injections in India post-patent expiry, using a reusable single-pen ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- It's been less than a week since New York City opened its first supervised injection sites, and the mayor says many lives have already been saved. Mayor Bill de Blasio says ...

Philadelphia’s City Council will vote today whether to ban facilities that make it safer for addicts to inject illegal drugs, as footage of open drug use and rampant crime at the city’s Kensington ...

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The twice-arrested heroin user listened nervously as the judge reviewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life. “You’re not a criminal, you’re an addict,” ...

Doctors at DAP Health have begun administering a new twice-a-year injectable HIV prevention medication, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June. Gilead's drug lenacapavir ...

When someone overdoses on an opioid, their lips turn purple. Sometimes, their fingernails turn bluish-black. Blood drains from their face and their skin gets pale and clammy as they become trapped in ...

Weight gain is a likely for anyone coming off weight-loss drugs – but it’s not inevitable. Here's what you can try to keep it ...

Drug overdoses claimed the lives of more than 109,000 people in the United States in 2022, the highest number on record and a stark indication of the toll taken by the nation's opioid epidemic. Nearly ...