Philadelphia on Friday announced a $110 million settlement with Walgreens for what the City said was "the company’s role in supplying and perpetuating the opioid addiction crisis in Philadelphia." The ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A growing number of young children are dying from poisonings related to opioids, according to new research from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The nationwide research ...

As the opioid crisis ravages the nation, emergency department physicians in Philadelphia are trying to use data and new interventions to change the way opioids are being prescribed, according to a ...

In the first big challenge to the proposed $26 billion national opioid settlement, the Philadelphia district attorney on Thursday sued Pennsylvania’s attorney general over the deal, saying the city ...

A worker with Lyon Contracting Services installs new windows at a home in Kensington, a Philadelphia neighborhood heavily impacted by the drug overdose epidemic. Free repairs at 400 homes in ...

Opioids were the most common substance contributing to the poisoning deaths of children ages 5 and younger, according to a new study. The research, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, found ...

Back in 2021, Philadelphia sued Walgreens for allegedly failing to report suspicious orders of opioids and dispensing those medications without investigating the prescriptions, actions that city ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Opioids have become a key issue in the campaigns for this year's elections in Pennsylvania. Democratic candidate Josh Shapiro's prosecution of opioid manufacturers and ...

Testing positive for HIV in 2019 was a wakeup call to lead a healthier lifestyle, Bryan says. He had been struggling with substance use disorder since he was a teenager. Now 37, Bryan, a Philadelphia ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Health Department is increasing access to a life-saving opioid overdose treatment through a free, 24-hour program. Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole ...

Philadelphia will begin monitoring physicians’ prescribing patterns to identify and intervene with those who overprescribe opioids, reports WHYY, Philadelphia’s public media organization. The new ...

Ever since moving in five years ago, Tiffany has been unable to open her house's windows. The sills were rotting from water damage, and opening them posed a hazard. "The front windows have to be ...