The CDC collaborated with youth to develop an educational campaign about the connection between substance use and mental ...

The nation's top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

Opioid overdose deaths have declined to pre-pandemic levels, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National overdose death data updated Wednesday from ...

Many have struggled to get opioid prescriptions written and filled since 2016 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inspired laws cracking down on doctor and pharmacy ...

While the guidelines still say opioids should not be the go-to option for pain, they ease recommendations about dose limits, which were widely viewed as hard rules in the CDC’s 2016 guidance. The new ...

Rise Up Restoration is taking a proactive step to combat opioid overdoses in schools by donating Narcan (naloxone) and First ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on September 4 more than $1.8 billion in funding to states to continue the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis ...

Chronic pain is one of the most common and expensive health problems in the nation, affecting an estimated one in five U.S.