I was heartened to read recently that Kentucky has surpassed the $1 billion mark in total opioid settlement funds secured to ...

Emergency room clinicians are less likely to refer Black opioid overdose patients for outpatient treatment compared with ...

Across our Commonwealth, the opioid crisis has wrought devastation on individuals, families and communities.

The session emphasized different strategies to initiate buprenorphine, naltrexone, acamprosate, gabapentin, and phenobarbital ...

Indiana residents have been arrested and charged in what the FBI and U.S. Justice Department are calling the “largest ...

A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, although certain restrictions and quantity limits may ...

The Murray-Calloway County Hospital Board of Trustees heard a variety of reports at its monthly board meeting this week, including how the Hospital Rate Improvement Plan (HRIP) has ...

Addiction is not a moral failing. It's a medical disease, and those in recovery who need medication like buprenorphine should ...

Kentucky has more than $800 million in settlement funds to address opioid addiction. Temptation is real, but the money must be used for its purpose.

COVINGTON, Ky. ‒ Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday a $110 million settlement with Cincinnati-based Kroger in his lawsuit against the grocer for its role in the opioid ...

Across Kentucky, Brenzel said, children who've been traumatized as a result of the opioid epidemic – and other situations – are beginning to receive more specialized attention.