US Overdose Deaths Increase 29%, Hit Record High During Pandemic
Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.
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Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced on Friday that it is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh and Saint Joesph's University to provide first responder education and training.
Pennsylvania's fentanyl crisis is costing taxpayers billions, according to a new report by Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a legal objection against the $38 million bonuses Purdue Pharma's executives requested to receive.
A federal class-action lawsuit alleges the overwhelmed foster care system in opioid-ravaged West Virginia has failed to protect children.
Public officials believe that we Pennsylvania is at a critical crossroad in combatting the opioid epidemic.
A new analysis finds that money from a tentative settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will be "no more than a stopgap" for state and local governments struggling to combat the opioid epidemic.
First lady Melania Trump is visiting West Virginia to learn how a city at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic is grappling with the crisis.
Police allegedly found a large quantity of illegal drugs in two Washington County houses after they executed search warrants.
Researchers posing as heroin users seeking help contacted hundreds of treatment clinics in U.S. states with the highest overdose death rates.
Janel Firestone found her son — the 24-year-old, just resigned mayor of the tiny Pennsylvania town of Mount Carbon — in what she assumed was a deep sleep.
Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has received a patent designed to treat opioid addiction.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions says federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania and seven other states will pursue even seemingly small synthetic opioid cases in hopes of reducing the supply of the drugs in areas with high overdose death rates.
"Addiction Solution" author Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, asks if we're growing desensitized to the opioid epidemic.
"Addiction Solution" author Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, asks if we're growing desensitized to the opioid epidemic.
Highmark has declared a "War on Opioids," saying it's making changes to slow down the growing epidemic.
The Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese offered a special mass of peace and healing for the victims of the opioid epidemic Sunday.
The state attorney general was in western Pennsylvania today to discuss the opioid epidemic gripping the region and state with local leaders.
President Trump declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency Thursday.
On Sunday, people gathered to tell sad and tragic tales of losing loved ones to addiction.
