A new study from researchers at UC San Francisco has found that a treatment approach designed to help people addicted to fentanyl, using low doses of buprenorphine, is not working as expected. The ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.

As the largest financial contributor to the WHO, the U.S. provides most of the organization’s funding, amounting to more than ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday withdrew its proposed rules to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The ...

Are dropping fentanyl-related death rates concealing other issues in the fight against this brutal form of addiction?

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

The city on Wednesday will officially launch what it is calling a “neighborhood wellness court” in Kensington, an initiative ...

Kratom is known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects and is derived from the leaves of a tree in the coffee family, the Southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa. This differs from another natural ...

The Philippines has signalled a softened stance towards an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into thousands of ...

President Donald Trump's initial executive orders target previous efforts to reduce health care costs, pandemic preparedness, ...

The latest volunteer-run overdose prevention site to open is outside North Island Hospital Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.