While the opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent public health emergencies facing the U.S., new therapeutic approaches for ...

Fowler and her team at UCI’s Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, alongside GATC Health’s drug discovery team. By integrating GATC’s Operon platform with UCI’s preclinical expertise, the team ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.

The clinics that control methadone are driving people out of treatment and back to a toxic supply of street drugs.

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

Going back to college in your 40s is hard. Doing it as a single father is even harder, and doing it while battling an opioid addiction would be a daunting task for anyone. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

Scientists have developed a new gene therapy that quiets pain at its source in the brain—without the addictive risks of opioids. Using AI to map how pain is processed, they created a targeted “off ...

Painkillers are at the center of the nation’s opioid crisis, and Florida received a $3 billion settlement a few years ago from manufacturers, distributors and dispensers of opioids.

Is there a safe opioid? Scientists discovered DFNZ, a high-potency nitazene that relieves pain without the risk of overdose ...

Stanislaus County received $18.6 million from the court settlements through last year and expects $16.2 million in payments ...

The money comes from the makers and sellers of opioid painkillers linked to spikes in addiction and overdose deaths.