All Things Considered In The Fight For Money For The Opioid Crisis, Will The Youngest Victims Be Left Out? The opioid epidemic is intergenerational, with tens of thousands of babies born every year dependent on opioids. Advocates worry lawsuits against the drug industry might overlook these children.
Oklahoma Judge Shaves $107 Million Off Opioid Decision Against Johnson & Johnson The new number from Judge Thad Balkman comes nearly three months after he ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Both sides had questioned that sum.
The Opium Cycle There is a pattern that has repeated itself throughout the history of the opium trade.
KUOW Newsroom Report: Giving naloxone to cops saves lives in Washington Twenty-one people are likely alive today because police officers in Thurston County were armed with a drug overdose reversal medicine, according to a new report by a University of Washington professor of public health.
All Things Considered A Gambian Nurse Fights Pain Without Pills As the U.S. grapples with the opioid crisis, pain medication is in short supply in some other parts of the world. One nurse in the Gambia explains how she addresses pain with tools other than drugs.
KUOW Newsroom Bellevue police arm themselves with Narcan to combat rise in overdoses Heroin and fentanyl are becoming a bigger problem in Bellevue, and now police are arming themselves with an overdose antidote
KUOW Newsroom ‘We feel like there's a serial killer on the street.’ Fentanyl’s death toll in the Seattle area Gabe Lilienthal, a Ballard High School student, died on September 29, after taking what he thought was oxycodone.
Morning Edition A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down While the opioid problem in the U.S. is about too many opioids, in some countries there are few options for treating or controlling pain.
KUOW Newsroom Overdose medication to be available in Washington without prescription Washington health officials offer statewide standing order for naloxone. The order will allow any individual to get the overdose reversal medication from a pharmacy without a prescription.
Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily Life How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll.