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China banned fentanyl last year, but an NPR investigation reveals how Chinese vendors continue to market the chemicals used to make the drug on e-commerce and social media sites.
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New research shows the use of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl spreading fast in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Seattle. Chinese companies are routing the street drug through cartels in Mexico.
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The Drug Enforcement Agency relies on hospitals to identify nurses and doctors who misuse drugs such as morphine and fentanyl. But "only a fraction of those who are diverting drugs are ever caught."
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The pandemic's disruption of international labor and transportation sectors has made it harder to produce and transport illegal drugs and to send profits back across national borders.
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President Trump and his top advisers had high hopes for a surge in deployments targeting South American contraband. They've been productive but not a panacea.
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Even before he started medical school, Dr. Gregory Conners always knew he wanted to take care of children.He's a native of Pittsford, near Rochester, who…
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Cellular senescence -- when stress causes cells to change their function in the body -- is common and sometimes harmful in older adults, but scientists…
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As the opioid crisis continues to affect millions of Americans, researchers are working to counteract addiction more effectively."Take Care" spoke with…
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On this episode of "Take Care" we're exploring addiction and the opioid crisis. It's a topic on the minds of health professionals, community leaders,…
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Experts are re-examining whether to consider some slow-growing abnormalities of the thyroid gland as chronic diseases to monitor, rather than as cancers…