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January 23, 2023 | 5:25 AM

Access to meds for opioid addiction in Pennsylvania expected to increase in 2023

a pilot program at a Lehigh Valley hospital is already under way.

By Tom Riese/WVIA

December 29, 2022 | 3:51 PM

Federal government sues AmerisourceBergen over ‘hundreds of thousands’ of alleged opioid violations

By Brian Mann/NPR

December 20, 2022 | 9:31 AM

Pennsylvania, federal officials see small signs of hope as opioids ravage communities

By Oliver Morrison/WESA

December 14, 2022 | 2:50 PM

State officials say all Pennsylvanians should have access to naloxone

By Jillian Forstadt/WESA

December 13, 2022 | 5:16 AM

CVS, Walgreens finalize $10B in settlements over opioids with several states including Pennsylvania

According to the latest CDC data from 2020, Pennsylvania ranked among the worst ten states for drug overdose death rate.

By Geoff Mulvihill/The Associated Press

December 8, 2022 | 5:30 AM

The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

The site will be updated every two weeks with reports collected at the county level by EMS first responders in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

By Brian Mann/NPR

November 22, 2022 | 5:30 AM

States differ on how best to spend $26B from settlement in opioid cases

Strife in Ohio highlights the tensions emerging nationwide as settlement funds start flowing.

By Aneri Pattani/Kaiser Health News

October 26, 2022 | 10:25 AM

Pennsylvania to monitor emerging drugs in the addiction and overdose epidemic

Preliminary state data shows that 3,018 people in Pennsylvania have died from a drug overdose so far this year.

By Nicole Leonard/WHYY

September 14, 2022 | 12:38 PM

A Pennsylvania doctor and 4 other doctors pled guilty in West Virginia pain pill scheme

Five doctors have pleaded guilty in a pain pill prescription scheme involving clinics in West Virginia and Virginia.

By John Raby/ The Associated Press

September 12, 2022 | 6:01 PM

Pennsylvania counties have received their first payments from prescription drug companies

With opioid settlement money in hand, midstate counties are getting ready to take grant applications.

By Brett Sholtis

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