Opioid overdose deaths are down for the third straight year in Chicago and suburban Cook County. According to a report ...

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley proposes using $7.5 million in settlement funds to expand opioid and drug treatment ...

Intramuscular naloxone is linked to better prehospital outcomes, including faster recovery and fewer repeat doses, than ...

A new overdose reversal nasal spray is now approved for over-the-counter sale, adding another option to help prevent opioid ...

Ozempic may lower the risk of opioid overdose in patients with Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests, the latest research to find a positive connection between the diabetes drug and another unrelated ...

Ozempic has been called a "wonder drug," with a growing body of research showing that it may help treat a huge range of health conditions. Now, a new study shows it might have yet another use: ...

When many of us think about drug overdose, we picture young people at a music festival or people dependent on street heroin.

A 35-year-old Port Orchard man was hospitalized Wednesday evening for a suspected opioid overdose while driving.

As overdose deaths decline, a new audit raises concerns about oversight of Nashville opioid settlement spending.

Many of the drugs used in operating rooms are the same or close pharmacologic relatives to drugs involved in overdose deaths. Fentanyl changed the opioid epidemic, making opioid, cocaine, and other ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- The pandemic is having a direct impact on overdose deaths due to opioid abuse, Chicago health officials say. The city's department of public health said from January 1 to ...

The man's widow said the incorrect prescription was like "a loaded gun".