FDA Approves First New Non-Opiod Painkiller in Decades
Journavx is designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.
Friday briefing: D.C. plane crash updates; Trump fact check; Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel; Ebola; non-opioid painkiller; and more
President Donald Trump baselessly blamed a diversity program for the crash. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is still committed to diversity.
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Opioid Crisis: Grading the Progress of National Initiatives
Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...
FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, NBC ...
How drug overdose deaths have plagued one generation of Black men for decades
Young Black men in cities across America died of drug overdoses at high rates in the 1980s and 1990s. During the recent fentanyl crisis, older Black men in many cities have been dying at unusually ...
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RFK Jr. says he'll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human ...
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RFK Jr.’s views on addiction win a surprising endorsement: his cousin Patrick
Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...