Supporters invoke late Gov. Dick Codey's advocacy as lawmakers seek $61 million through phone tax for suicide prevention ...

Benaya Rogers, 62, faces first-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching charges. Victim says she reported lewd behavior ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Washington state hotline is helping connect people dealing with drug addiction to local treatment options. The Washington ...

Anyone 13 or older with substance use disorder can call to speak to a doctor and receive a prescription the same day for buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.

Greg Pryer was used to experiencing on-the-job trauma. Pryer had followed a stint in the Marine Corps with a career as a New York City police officer. On the beat in the nation’s largest city was ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads Housing Crisis Hotline will have another record-breaking number of calls this year. The hotline is run out of the building for the nonprofit ForKids in ...

WASHINGTON—Two survivors of a lethal U.S. strike Sept. 2 in the Caribbean struggled to flip a remnant of their capsized boat over the course of an hour and waved as an aircraft passed overhead, ...

Multnomah County will start prosecuting people caught with illegal drugs who fail to “meaningfully engage” with treatment options, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez said Tuesday. His announcement ...

The blood pressure drug hydralazine has been around for more than 70 years, but scientists did not previously know how it worked. This is not uncommon, and the researchers have pointed out that ...

GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid. Part of a class of drugs known ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 6 (UPI) --Positive results from a late-stage clinical trial released Thursday have raised hopes that type 1 diabetes patients who suffer from chronic kidney disease will have a ...

The liability of drug companies that pushed highly addictive opioid painkillers has been an ongoing story for years. But today, we’ll focus on another facet of the economy around addiction. A new book ...