Report: New strategy for opioids and a Cabinet-level leader
A bipartisan report from a congressional commission says the U.S. needs Cabinet-level leadership and a new multipronged...
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Tribes: Settlement in opioids case will foster healing
Money that will flow to Native American tribes as part of an opioid drug settlement with a major manufacturer and three...
Native American tribes reach $590M settlement over opioids
Native American tribes in the U.S. have reached settlements worth $590 million over opioids
Uncertainty follows court's rejection of Purdue opioids deal
A federal judge’s decision to reject a multibillion dollar opioid settlement involving OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is...
Cities wracked by opioids close to getting $26B settlement
Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are on the precipice of receiving bil...
Use of OxyContin profits to fight opioids formally approved
A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned by memb...
Endo latest company to settle with New York over opioids
The drugmaker Endo International is the latest company to settle a New York case over opioids
Experts: Spend opioid settlement funds on fighting opioids
Public health experts are citing the 1998 settlement agreement with tobacco companies as a cautionary tale ahead of the...
Consultant: West Virginia city was bombarded with opioids
A new analysis of opioids in West Virginia shows the city of Huntington and its surrounding county were overwhelmed with...
AP sources: Tool behind crackdown on opioids could expire
The Biden administration has been slow-walking the extension of a legislative order that would keep in place a sweeping...
