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The Philadelphia-based insurer now covers a maximum five-day supply for most new opioid prescriptions since adopting the policy in July.

The 15-year-long study looked at girls aged 10-24 who went to the emergency room for attempted suicides, drug overdoses, cutting and other types of self-injury.  

There were no DUI fatalities over the Thanksgiving holiday period, but that good news was overshadowed by a spike in drug overdose deaths.

Enrollment in the healthcare marketplace in Delaware rose by double digits in the early going, although reaching last year’s numbers may be difficult.

Pennsylvania far exceeds the national average of drug-related overdose deaths. Last year, 4,642 such deaths were reported — and the number is expected to rise this year.

Delaware health officials are urging families of loved ones struggling with addiction to seek treatment following close to a dozen overdose deaths over the holiday weekend.

A new six-week program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is giving it a shot.

If an opioid addiction starts with a prescription after surgery or some other hospital-based care, should the hospital be penalized?

She’s best known for her starring role on the TV comedy “Black-ish,” but these days Jenifer Lewis, is increasingly making a name for herself as a mental health advocate.

As public health officials grapple with how to slow the growing opioid epidemic, the over-prescription of narcotics after even minor surgery is coming under new scrutiny.

As a live-in, residential program, A Place to Call Home will support pregnant women and new mothers struggling with addiction to opioids.

Well Being Trust, a national foundation focused on the mental health of America, ranked Pennsylvania’s opioid overdose death rate as the sixth highest in the nation.

The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy's administration promises to be markedly different from that of Gov. Chris Christie, who will leave office in January after two terms.

U.S. regulators have approved the first new treatment in nearly two decades to prevent internal bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia.