A powerful new lab-made opioid is moving through the illegal U.S. drug supply, and federal officials warn it could keep ...

The drug is spreading quickly through the illegal supply, and it slips right past the tests hospitals normally use to spot opioids.

New federal guidance urges employers to stock opioid reversal medication and train workers to use it, even as fentanyl ...

The synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, has been linked to an increasing number of deadly overdoses.

When many Australians think of heroin, they picture the steep increases in use and harms of the 1990s. But new annual data, released today, shows samples of people who use heroin are doing so more ...

Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to provide pain relief, offering greater hope that new classes of these drugs may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naloxone competes with opioids for the same receptor on the surface of neurons. Matt Rourke/AP Photo Naloxone, also known by the ...

Opioids, including the best known — morphine, heroin and fentanyl — have been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Although officially banned, these painkillers still find their way into ...

College campuses are microcosms of our society — diverse, dynamic, and faced with unique challenges, including the ongoing opioid crisis. As someone deeply engaged in researching how higher education ...