• Opioid victims can begin filing claims against Purdue Pharma

    Opioid victims can begin filing claims against Purdue Pharma

    Jan 24, 2020 10:34 PM EST

    ... including OxyContin, during a series of surgeries when he was 13 and 14 years old. He died in 2017 at age 21 of a heroin overdose after years of rehab and relapses. His mother is now on a committee of victims seeking input in the process. "I spent my whole ...

  • Andrew Yang makes a case for the ‘freedom dividend’

    Andrew Yang makes a case for the ‘freedom dividend’

    Dec 22, 2019 10:17 PM EST

    ... for president? Andrew Yang: What I would say to Americans is, look, record highs in this country right now -- stress, financial insecurity, depression, suicides, drug overdoses, student loan debt. And they sense this. They feel it. When they see the headline stat on the TV screen, they're not saying ...

  • 700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?

    700 new moms die each year in the U.S. Could Medicaid help?

    Dec 12, 2019 09:09 PM EST

    According to CDC data, a third of preventable maternal deaths happen up to 365 days after childbirth, she said. If not directly related to pregnancy complications, these deaths could occur for a variety of reasons -- after a mother loses treatment for opioid use disorder, relapses and overdoses, or from a ...

  • News Wrap: Major storms disrupt Thanksgiving travel

    News Wrap: Major storms disrupt Thanksgiving travel

    Nov 27, 2019 11:55 PM EST

    ... facing a federal criminal investigation. The Wall Street Journal and others report that the focus is their role in the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses. The drugmakers include Amneal, Johnson & Johnson, Mallinckrodt, and Teva, along with distributors AmerisourceBergen and McKesson.On Wall Street today, major indexes finished at ...

  • Trump donates his 3rd-quarter salary to fight the opioid epidemic

    Trump donates his 3rd-quarter salary to fight the opioid epidemic

    Nov 26, 2019 11:17 AM EST

    ... against the opioid crisis.” Trump has made tackling the misuse of opioids an administration priority. More than 70,000 Americans died in 2017 from drug overdoses, the bulk of them involving opioids. Trump is required to be paid, but he has pledged to donate his salary while in office to ...

  • Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107 million

    Oklahoma judge reduces J&J order in opioid lawsuit by $107 million

    Nov 15, 2019 09:58 PM EST

    ... aggressive and misleading marketing campaign that overstated how effective the drugs were for treating chronic pain and understated the risk of addiction. Hunter says opioid overdoses killed 4,653 people in the state from 2007 to 2017. Attorneys for the state have argued abating the opioid crisis in Oklahoma would ...

  • Massachusetts jails men to provide drug addiction treatment

    Massachusetts jails men to provide drug addiction treatment

    Nov 02, 2019 09:22 PM EST

    ... without it. Hari Sreenivasan: 39-year-old Antoine Diaz has struggled with addiction for more than a decade. He lost his brother to a heroin overdose last year. Antoine Diaz: This time when I relapsed my twin brother was dead. And that's when it's, it's easier to ...

  • White House launches website aimed at addiction treatment

    White House launches website aimed at addiction treatment

    Oct 30, 2019 01:38 PM EST

    ... Congress for treatment and working with the private sector on promoting drug "take back" days. More than 70,000 Americans died in 2017 from drug overdoses, the bulk of them involving opioids. Future developments include plans to more closely integrate the site with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide ...

  • $260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis

    $260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisis

    Oct 21, 2019 11:08 PM EST

    Ohio in 2017 had the second-highest death rate due from drug overdoses in the U.S., behind only West Virginia. In a statement, the three major distributors said the settlement money should be used in a focused way on such things as treatment, rehab and mental health services. The ...

  • Drug companies reach tentative deal to settle opioids lawsuit

    Drug companies reach tentative deal to settle opioids lawsuit

    Oct 21, 2019 01:10 PM EST

    ... change practices as a way to make a dent in the opioid crisis. The epidemic has become more complicated in the past decade, with fatal overdose numbers rising largely because of illicit drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. Overall, there have been more than 400,000 deaths linked to opioids ...