opioid addiction

The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drug overdose death data show Kentucky saw a 57% increase between March 2020 and March 2021.

Kentucky will receive more than $10 million as a part of a multistate settlement against a global pharmaceutical distributor for allegedly improperly…

The Madison County health department in Kentucky has kept its harm reduction program open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to continue its work against…

New federal data shows the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the country’s deadliest 12-month period for drug overdose fatalities, including a sharp…

The disruption in the illegal opioid trade had varying impacts around the country. As stay-at-home orders lift, that creates different risks of overdose that public health is trying to manage.

Tennessee employers are grappling with how to hire and manage workers with an opioid addiction. There’s been a growing willingness to employ people with…

Center for Disease Control and Prevention data indicate opioid overdose deaths in the Ohio Valley declined in 2018, the first time in nearly a decade.…

This is the first story in an occasional series exploring the links between addiction recovery and a recoverying economy. It's lunch hour, and Cafe…

A proposal to require opioids and other addictive medications to be dispensed in lockable vials has been spiked in the Tennessee Legislature.During a…

Attorney General Beshear is suing AmerisourceBergen for what he alleges are deceptive business practices that have flooded the commonwealth with…