When California voters passed Proposition 36 last November, they changed a decade-old criminal justice law. It was arguably the most contentious issue on the ballot, pitting Gov. Gavin Newsom, a major ...

Megan Funk can relate to anxiety that EMS providers might have regarding patient medication dosages, so she provides numerous tips and tricks to help ease that anxiety. One of the most important parts ...

A new study by Michigan State University conducted with drug treatment programs in St. Clair County highlighted gaps the county faces in treating substance use disorder. The team of three researchers ...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside of FDA headquarters in White Oak, Maryland (In Sept 22 story, corrects paragraph one to folinic acid from folic acid) (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Billed as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act” on the November 2024 ballot, Proposition 36 won easily with the support of more than two-thirds of California voters. The ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - (This Sept 22 story has been corrected to say folinic acid, not folic acid, in paragraph 1) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of leucovorin, or folinic acid, ...

Leucovorin brings hope as the first potential autism treatment, but with RFK Jr. weighing whether to fast-track approval, scientists worry about trust. When Nathaniel Schumann entered the clinical ...

President Donald Trump and his top health aides plan to link a common over-the-counter pain medication to autism and name another drug as a possible treatment for the brain development condition.

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. Daniel Payne reports on how the health industry and Washington influence ...

Readers respond to a guest essay by Keith Humphreys and an article about a fentanyl death. To the Editor: Re “Forced Drug Treatment Isn’t Horrific. It’s a Relief,” by Keith Humphreys (Opinion guest ...

New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15–19 September) and published simultaneously in The Lancet shows that a ...

A new drug has shown unprecedented promise in lowering blood pressure and preventing the progression of kidney disease for people with hard-to-treat hypertension. The medication, baxdrostat, reduces ...