Emergency rooms, like the one at Oregon Health & Science University, treat Oregonians with opioid overdoses. (Christine ...

In June, West was revived after a medical emergency involving a suspected opioid overdose during an arrest in Virginia. He ...

West Virginia officials today announced a further reduction in overdose fatalities across the state. New data comparing the first four months of 2023 to the same period in 2024 shows a provisional ...

In an update released on Wednesday, the DoHS reported that West Virginia saw a 34% decrease in overdose fatalities across the state in the first four months of 2024 compared to the first four ...

West Virginia is among the 25 states that do not allow citizen initiatives or constitutional amendments on a statewide ballot, an avenue of direct democracy that has allowed voters to circumvent their ...

Nearly $1.2 million in funding is headed to the West Virginia Veterans Home after Gov. Jim Justice signed House Bill 203 into law. It’s just a couple of week before high school football playoffs ...

After Senate Bill 2028 passed in West Virginia, New Beginnings Recovery ... "We do have one of the highest overdose rates in the nation, and we are very rural,” nurse Jasmine Howell said.

The difference maker was naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug. The city had been distributing it to the community and among all first responders. In that same week, West Virginia Attorney ...

West Virginia, for instance, had a 15% decrease in the CDC’s latest report, while Ohio experienced a 22% decline, figures ...

More than 30,000 doses of naloxone were distributed in West Virginia during this year’s Save a Life Day, organizers say. Volunteers in all 55 counties gave out 15,269 kits, totalling 30,539 ...