Pandemic-era changes to prescribing guidelines for the lifesaving drug buprenorphine led to improved treatment outcomes for patients with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia, according to a recently ...

Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, costly, and disabling health conditions in the United States. Estimates show that more than 11 percent of the American population suffer from chronic pain ...

Opioid abuse is as much an economic problem as a public health one, according to a comprehensive analysis provided first to Axios that concludes it costs an average of nearly $700,000 to treat each ...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health is partnering with several state agencies, among other stakeholders, to launch More Powerful NC — a public education campaign to raise awareness about opioid use ...

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a serious and complex condition affecting millions of people across the country and contributing to a national public health emergency. Yet stigma and misinformation about ...

Pregnant women living with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their infants had significantly better health outcomes when treated with buprenorphine, according to a new study at Vanderbilt University ...

Hospitals in Marion County have been selected to take part in a new, six-month pilot program run by the Oregon Health Authority to improve addiction care in emergency settings. OHA partnered with the ...

The Biden Administration is looking to permanently adopt loosened, pandemic-era rules designed to increase access to two treatments for opioid use disorder. The rule change, which HHS’ Substance Abuse ...

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The state's House of Representatives has voted to ...

Nearly all Americans are aware of the U.S. opioid crisis. Overdose deaths increased sixfold between 2003 and 2023, from 12,940 to 79,358. Yearly increases have been especially steep since 2013, when ...

This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alzheimer’s Association; Brain Canada Foundation; Cohen Veterans Bioscience; Department of Health and Human ...