(HealthDay News) — Rural US communities are seeing a sharp increase in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioids were involved in 80,411 overdose deaths in 2021 – more than 75% of all drug overdose deaths in the country. This is a problem ...

A new study into the race and socio-demographics of newborns with symptoms of opioid withdrawal shows that it is disproportionately higher among white newborns whose mothers are Medicaid enrollees and ...

Trump originally said he would speak about affordability, but his cost-of-living speech could be overshadowed by European allies' frustrations. Air Force One heads back to Washington after minor ...

In years past, health care providers took a punitive stance toward women giving birth to babies exposed to substances like opioids in the womb. Today, backed by research showing better outcomes ...

The amount of infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in rural areas is on the rise, according to research from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota. 1. For the study, researchers examined ...

First lady Melania Trump visited Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson Hospital Oct. 17 to speak at the National Convening on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome hosted by HHS. HHS created the conference to ...

Computer-based modeling is helping to further reduce length of hospital stay and duration of treatment with opioids that are used therapeutically to wean babies born in withdrawal from drugs their ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The opioid epidemic has been plaguing West Virginia for years, and the harm that these drugs cause goes much deeper than the user. When women who use opioids find out ...

A new study into the race and socio-demographics of newborns with symptoms of opioid withdrawal shows that it is disproportionately higher among white newborns whose mothers are Medicaid enrollees and ...