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The agreement brought holdout states on board, and would settle thousands of lawsuits over the company’s and family’s roles in the opioid epidemic. The Sacklers...

The Supreme Court will hear from two convicted pill mill doctors in cases that could have significant implications for physicians’ latitude to prescribe addictive painkillers.

The first checks could be cut in April. The money — from the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson — will be...

But they continue to insist on protection from civil liability claims over opioids, an unusual and controversial measure that derailed a previous deal.

But they continue to insist on protection from civil liability claims over opioids, an unusual and controversial measure that derailed a previous deal.

The agency threw out previous recommended limits on doses but encouraged “nonopioid therapies” wherever possible.

Money from the tentative deal would go toward addiction and treatment and would be overseen by Native American tribal leaders.

Getting more young school-age children vaccinated is crucial for ending the pandemic, public health officials say, and many are focusing on that group.

The ruling said the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, could not receive protection from civil lawsuits in return for a $4.5 billion contribution.

The ruling said the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, could not receive protection from civil lawsuits in return for a $4.5 billion contribution.