Opioids

Four of the biggest American health companies have tentatively agreed to pay $26 billion to settle their opioid liability. Tax breaks could allow them to claw back $4 billion.

The state Department of Health has received a $17.9 million grant from the federal government to address the increase in the state's psychostimulant and opioid-related deaths.

A new report by the non-profit Trust for America’s health found that drug-related deaths rates in Iowa decreased by 15 percent while alcohol-related…

A new state program will provide free opioid overdose reversal kits to Iowans.The program is part of a partnership between the Iowa Department of Public…

Last year, opioid-related deaths in Iowa decreased by 33 percent, marking a five year low for the state, according to statistics released this month from…

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has announced he is joining four other states in suing pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and its former chairman,…

Iowa officials will distribute 2,000 free opioid overdose reversal kits throughout the state this Friday.More than 350 pharmacies will have naloxone, a…