For more than a decade, Wood County, W.Va., has stood on the front lines of the opioid epidemic. While communities across the ...

Dec 8, Reuters - West Virginia sued United HealthGroup on Monday in federal court, alleging that the company’s pharmacy benefit manager Optum fueled the state’s opioid crisis by oversupplying its ...

Among all states, West Virginia faces the highest per-capita fiscal burden related to the nation’s opioid crisis, according to an analysis from the American Enterprise Institute cited by the ...

A lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s moratorium on methadone clinics argues the drug is particularly effective at treating ...

West Virginians believe the opioid epidemic is the most important health issue in the state, followed by obesity and cancer, according to a state-based public opinion survey conducted by Zogby ...

May 2 (Reuters) - Drug distributor McKesson Corp has agreed to pay $37 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of West Virginia alleging it helped fuel a U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop ...

BECKLEY — Money raised by lawsuits against opioid manufacturers is being spent on fixing the damage done by drug abuse and overdoses, but work continues on getting the money to the people and ...

Highmark West Virginia is offering its members access to a technology-enabled opioid use disorder program designed to extend treatment to rural and underserved areas and address the shortage of ...

WHEELING, W.V. (WTRF) — Wheeling council addressed several topics tonight, including aiding a well-known organization here in the valley via the West Virginia Opioid Settlement Fund. After a request ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply from 2023 to 2024, driven largely by decreases in deaths ...