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 of the powerful prescription ...

Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, and its owners, the Sackler family, have agreed to a historic $7.4 billion settlement in a lawsuit stemming from the deadly toll of their drug.

A recent health news roundup explores legal, financial, and strategic developments. Highlights include Robert F. Kennedy ...

How bad is the opioid crisis in Connecticut? If you combine motor vehicle accidents and gun violence in our state, more people die of opioid overdoses per year. That is why the $7.4 billion settlement ...

Since March 2023, Pastor Chris Avell has kept the doors of Dad’s Place Church in Bryan, Ohio open 24/7 for anyone in need. Operating this sanctuary for the area’s homeless has put him in legal hot ...