Last week’s settlement that would see Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, pay $7.4 billion to resolve lawsuits filed by state and local governments across the country is ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll ...

A Williamsburg-based recovery advocate said she hopes the money will help local families and communities impacted by the crisis.

Pennsylvania looks likely to receive another big infusion of money from another court settlement over responsibility for the nation’s ongoing opioid epidemic.

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioids.

Opioid abuse tells a tragic American story since avoidable deaths began in the 1990s. Nearly 700,000 people lost their lives to overdoses of OxyContin and offshoots of the highly addictive painkiller.

Last week, members of the Sackler family, which owns the pharmaceutical company known for selling OxyContin, agreed to a $7.4 ...

Opioid abuse tells a tragic American story since avoidable deaths began in the 1990s. Nearly 700,000 people lost their lives ...

Pennsylvania stands to receive up to $212 million paid out by the family and firm behind the nationwide saturation of ...

Helena Foulkes comes from a powerful political family. A very influential family with deep political and financial ...

Megan Giles Cooney is a writer and artist, who is a summer resident of Northport. Reach her at megan.cooney1@gmail.com.

Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, have reached a $7.4bn settlement with US states to resolve a long-running ...