OSSIPEE — Carroll County commissioners finally learned who Strafford County commissioners are asking them to sue over the opioid crisis, and it turns out to be "pharmaceutical giants" not "pharmaceutical watchdogs" as the Carroll County commissioners were told previously....

(CNN) — Two years ago, Brendan Tyne pleaded with the Food and Drug Administration to approve a drug that he was hopeful could finally bring his mother some peace. She could no longer move without assistance and had fallen...

MEDFORD, MA – The city of Medford has filed a public nuisance lawsuit against a number of opioid manufacturers and distributors, Mayor Stephanie M. Burke announced in February. The city is suing five of the largest manufacturers of prescription...

For years, doctors turned to opioid painkillers as a first-line treatment for chronic back pain and aches in the joints. Even as the dangers of addiction and overdoses became more clear, the drugs' pain-relieving benefits were still thought to...

A new federal taskforce will target misdeeds of opioid manufacturers and distributors, and the US Department of Justice will back lawsuits brought by local governments against makers of the prescription painkillers at the root of the opioids public health crisis,...