opioids

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: A digital pill shows early promise in detecting opioid overdose, sleep apnea

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: To fight bias against people with addiction, White House calls for ‘recovery-friendly’ workplaces

Politics Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Senate bill would permanently extend Covid-era rules on telehealth addiction treatment

First Opinion Ed Bisch

I lost my son to OxyContin. ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ is my Sackler revenge fantasy

Health Lev Facher

The fight for control of methadone, addiction treatment’s ‘miracle molecule’

Health Matt Stout — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Federal bill would keep addiction medication from triggering a child abuse investigation

Exclusive Lev Facher

Markey and Manchin urge FDA to stop its study of opioids for chronic pain

Health tech Mario Aguilar

STAT Plus: Pear’s shadow effect: Data from a Medicaid digital health experiment does the policy rounds

Health Rachel Wisniewski

Not yet free from heroin’s grip, an ‘honest, funny man’ finds his way off the streets

Health Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Republicans say they’ll stop fentanyl at the border. But what are their plans for treatment?

Health Lev Facher

A big insurer decides to cover naloxone for overdose; will others follow?

Health Lev Facher

Nonprofit naloxone maker celebrates FDA approval by donating 200,000 doses

Health Bree Iskandar

STAT Plus: His book on the opioid crisis flopped in 2003. It now has a new life on Netflix

First Opinion Erica Goode

Q&A: Giving voice to patients navigating cancer, rare disease, and more

Health Lev Facher

Providers still hesitate to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction, despite ‘X-waiver’ removal

Health Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Key lawmaker blasts Congress’ efforts on addiction: ‘Shame on us’

Health Simar Bajaj

‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatment

Health Lev Facher

Xylazine, or ‘tranq,’ is making opioid overdoses harder to reverse

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: FDA cites another troubled plant at company contributing to cancer drug shortages; USDA to push food producers over antibiotic claims

Exclusive Lev Facher

White House ‘naloxone summit’ omitting prominent advocates for lower costs

Health Lev Facher

‘The drug bust paradox’: Study shows opioid deaths double after police action

Health Lev Facher

Teens seeking addiction care unlikely to be offered standard medication

Health Lev Facher

Top health officials call for more research to support fentanyl test strips

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Drug companies and pharmacies reach $17.3 billion settlement over opioid crisis

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Sacklers win appeal that shields them from opioid lawsuits, clearing way for bankruptcy settlement

First Opinion Peter Grinspoon

In defense of being ‘Cali sober’

Health Evan Allen — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Addiction treatment center founder indicted in sprawling fraud scheme

Health Associated Press

New nasal spray to reverse fentanyl and other opioid overdoses gets FDA approval

Exclusive Lev Facher

STAT Plus: Biden drug czar: ‘All options are on the table’ for expanding methadone access