County Council to postpone vote on giving $7 million toward constructing a new behavioral health center until September, as officials seek clarity on how the facility will remain financially viable ...

The Food and Drug Administration will soon require drug manufacturers to put new safety warnings on prescription opioids.

In 2017, more than 2.2 million children were identified as having a parent navigating opioid use disorder. In Indiana, that ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is mandating changes to opioid painkiller labels, warning of addiction, overdose and long‑term risks amid a deadly epidemic that has claimed nearly one million ...

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett posted on Monday a plan to cut $27.5 million from the budget by the end of 2025.

The FDA is citing new evidence that problematic use and overdose risk go up when taking opioid analgesics for long-term pain ...

New research by KFF, a health policy organization, shows Nebraska has the lowest opioid overdose death rate in the ...

After the FDA's landmark approval of the opioid-free acute pain reliever Journavx in January, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has hit ...

The city said the grant program will invest settlement funds in initiatives that support prevention, treatment, and recovery, ...

Camp Heal, which is funded through opioid settlement money, is working to get more funding so that it can expand next year.

Grant recipients are struggling to manage a key overdose tracking and prevention program administered by the CDC amid funding uncertainty.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses addiction and the opioid crisis, highlighting how availability can exacerbate the problem. He ...