Amid an escalating overdose crisis, growing attention has turned to racial and ethnic disparities in the accessibility of medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as buprenorphine. Most existing ...

HHS awards $1.5 billion in opioid response grants to states, tribal communities The Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday that it will award more than $1.5 billion in opioid ...

Indigenous people face persistent disparities in access to harm reduction services in the United States. In response, Native ...

A study by Berkeley Franz reveals surprising insights into how primary care providers in Ohio perceive and treat opioid use ...

In Baltimore, which just had one of its deadliest opioid-related summers on record, the opioid crisis remains entrenched, not ...

MARYLAND - Lieutenant Governor Aruna K. Miller, along with the Office of Overdose Response, has announced the award of $12.4 million in grants to numerous programs and organizations to address ...

It’s no secret the opioid crisis remains a major public health concern in the United States. It was declared a public health emergency in 2017, and for multiple years following, nationwide overdose ...

A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) finds that individuals who received medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) while incarcerated were significantly more likely to continue ...

Baltimore has been among the cities hardest hit by the opioid overdose epidemic, with a per capita overdose death rate significantly higher than the national average. Something must change — ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Republican tax bill signed into law earlier this month could result in a significant death toll for people seeking treatment for opioid ...

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Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. In 2024, Massachusetts had 1,340 confirmed opioid-related ...