For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.

She said wider, coordinated national attention must be directed towards the crisis. “I think it needs to continue, and obviously at some stage to broaden with the other premiers, because we are seeing ...

Nkosi’s Haven, a renowned South African organisation founded in memory of the late Nkosi Johnson, has long been a safe haven for women and children affected by HIV and AIDS. For years the ...

Some of the estimated 100,000 evacuees will have no homes to return to and will be forced to seek rentals amid a housing crisis. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images The group of volunteers has ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File ... Coleman’s office sued Ohio-based Kroger last February, claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the opioid crisis. The suit, filed in state court, alleged that Kroger ...

The first winter storm of 2025 hit Virginia on Sunday, Jan. 5. That wintry weather caused widespread power outages, with one of them hitting Richmond’s city reservoir system, resulting in a ...

Vocalist Karyn Crisis (Karyn Crisis' Gospel Of The Witches, ex-Ephel Duath, ex-Crisis) has launched a GoFundMe to help in her time of need. According to Crisis, she was medically injured roughly ...

SEOUL – South Korean investigators attempted to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence on Jan 3 over a failed martial law bid but were blocked by his security forces. They ...

Withdrawals were observed in four young adult patients who were previously “opioid naive” and developed a nitazene addiction after inhaling illicit vape liquid that contained protonitazene ...