US regulators approve new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction associated with opioids.

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new type of nonopioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.The drug ...

The US Food and Drug Administration signed off Thursday on the first new type of pain reliever to be approved in more than two decades. The drug, suzetrigine, is a prescription pill that’s taken every ...

The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive potential of opioids.

Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and key G.O.P. vote, joined Democrats in aggressively questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick for health secretary. He did not say how he would vote ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. gained US approval for the first new type of painkiller in more than two decades, paving the way for a safer alternative to addictive opioids that have been linked to ...

A Wausau man is facing multiple drug charges after police found more than 700 grams of methamphetamine in a backpack he was carrying.

A fresh-voiced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before ...