What if treating obesity could be as easy as popping an effective pill? That's a notion that has long fueled hope for many of the more than 40% of Americans who are considered obese — and fueled ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...

Philadelphia’s City Council will vote today whether to ban facilities that make it safer for addicts to inject illegal drugs, as footage of open drug use and rampant crime at the city’s Kensington ...

When someone overdoses on an opioid, their lips turn purple. Sometimes, their fingernails turn bluish-black. Blood drains from their face and their skin gets pale and clammy as they become trapped in ...

Drug overdoses claimed the lives of more than 109,000 people in the United States in 2022, the highest number on record and a stark indication of the toll taken by the nation's opioid epidemic. Nearly ...

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — The twice-arrested heroin user listened nervously as the judge reviewed her record, then offered a deal he thinks could save her life. “You’re not a criminal, you’re an addict,” ...

Doctors at DAP Health have begun administering a new twice-a-year injectable HIV prevention medication, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in June. Gilead's drug lenacapavir ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...