Pennsylvania’s new law requires EMS to report overdoses to a statewide system, expanding data to improve the state’s opioid ...

The move represents a victory for a range of groups, including advocates who argue public defenders play a vital role in ...

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An attorney advocated for allowing opioid settlement money to be spent on public defenders. A prevention expert talked about effective strategies for deterring substance misuse in the first place, ...

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A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted Mount Carmel, Pa.-based family medicine physician Raymond Kraynak, DO, on charges related to the opioid overdose deaths of five patients. Here are three ...

The new method is designed to focus specifically on pain-related signals, without interfering with normal activity in other parts of the brain. A new preclinical study has identified a gene therapy ap ...

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In a reversal, the board overseeing Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money approved Bucks County’s decision to spend a share of its funds on a public defender — an action that could influence local ...