MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With opioid overdoses setting records in 2020, an effort is underway to install boxes in public that would make a frequently used...
One patient threatened to shoot Dr. Terry Hunt if physical therapy didn’t relieve his pain as effectively as opioids did. Another harassed his staff, then roamed...
As the La Crosse area sees an increase in opioid-related deaths, Gundersen Health System is creating a new program to distribute resource kits with an opiate...
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Lying inside a scanner, the patient watched as pictures appeared one by one: A bicycle. A cupcake. Heroin. Outside, researchers tracked her...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is joining a multistate investigation into three opioid distributors that began in 2017 as a nationwide overdose...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Supporters of bills to fight opioid abuse and addiction think they have the votes at the Minnesota Legislature to pass a...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said a conference call with drug company executives Tuesday left him hopeful that the Legislature will pass...
The U.S. mortality rate is on the decline. A report by the CDC last week said life expectancy for someone born in 2017 is down to...
It’s 10 times stronger than fentanyl and 1,000 times stronger than morphine. The drug is called Dsuvia and was just approved by the FDA. While some...
Some community leaders in La Crosse, and people active in recovery programs, are promoting anti-addiction efforts by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Baldwin, a Democrat from La...
The conversation about what to do with soaring prescriptions drug prices began Wednesday in Minnesota. The Minnesota AARP is holding forums leading up to when the...
County admin. says they’re evaluating decision and there’s no deadline
Host Homes program aligns youth with foster family while parents get help
County administrator in no rush to join suit against drug manufacturers
