The Healey-Driscoll Administration has launched a public-facing dashboard that allows Massachusetts residents to track the allocation and spending of $1 billion in opioid settlement funds.

Cambridge, Mass.- based Biobot Analytics is developing technology to measure traces of drugs in sewers. In doing so, researchers will be able to analyze patterns of ongoing drug use and provide ...

State health officials have launched a system aimed at allowing the public track how local governments spend the almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive by 2039.

Naloxone can be used to reduce an opioid overdose. It's a valuable tool to help people, said Opioid Policy Institute Director Jonathan Stoltman, but some communities spend opioid settlement money on ...

The Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) is a self-reported questionnaire that doctors can use to assess a person’s potential risk of opioid use disorder before prescribing pain medication. This feature mentions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unidentified women stands in the hallway of a Bupenorphine clinic November 4, 2002 at the University of Vermont at Burlington. ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has launched online dashboards to track the millions of dollars the state expects to receive from national opioid lawsuit settlements. Under a master settlement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pennsylvania is due to receive $2.2 billion from the national opioid settlements, and a new database shows the public where that ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that tailored feedback to surgeons dramatically reduces excessive opioid prescriptions for common surgeries ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

Socially vulnerable counties face higher overdose deaths and treatment needs, findings that could help prioritize funding and programming responses, according to Rutgers researchers Opioids such as ...