Opioid Crisis

Lawyers for some state and local governments say the deal being offered by companies in a sweeping national settlement over the toll of opioids isn’t enough

The federal judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set a June 30 deadline to file claims against the company

The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was sentenced in Boston’s federal court Thursday for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis.

Teams from Northwestern University and Washington University are teaming up in the development of an implantable device that can sense when a person is overdosing on opioids and can deliver a life-saving injection of naloxone.

Teams from Northwestern University and Washington University are teaming up in the development of an implantable device that can sense when a person is overdosing on opioids, and can deliver a life-saving injection of naloxone. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Tufts University is cutting ties with the billionaire family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, saying it will strip the Sackler name from its campus and accept no further donations amid concerns over the family’s role in the opioid crisis. University officials announced the decision Thursday, ending a relationship that has spanned nearly four decades and brought $15 million to…

Federal public health officials are joining Massachusetts health officials in investigating a large cluster of reported HIV cases in Lawrence and Lowell.

The city of Chicago is spending an additional $225,000 to battle the opioid epidemic.

Ninety-one people in the U.S. die every day from opioid-related overdoses, but there’s a tool that can reverse the effects of an overdose that more and more law enforcement agencies and paramedics are now carrying with them as part of their standing operating protocol. It’s called Narcan, and here is what you need to know about what it is, how...

Trump discussed intentions to declare the opioid crisis a state of emergency today.

President Donald Trump vowed the U.S. would “win” the battle against the heroin and opioid crisis on Tuesday, but did not declare a national emergency as his hand-picked commission recommended, NBC News reported. Instead, Trump promised to “protect innocent citizens from drug dealers that poison our communities.” Trump also did not announce a new policy in the fight against opioids...