By targeting three key growth pathways at once, researchers eliminated pancreatic tumors in multiple mouse models and prevented the cancer from returning, a promising step toward overcoming treatment ...

The city said 100 people lost welfare benefits for not complying with treatment last year, although flexible requirements make it hard to assess how many people have stopped doing drugs as a result.

Adolescents in the US face significant barriers to accessing effective drug treatment, with only 31% of children ages 12-17 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a new Parkinson’s disease drug called tavapadon that could give people with the disease more control over their movements. If approved, it would be ...

During the past year, more than 1,300 people entered a deflection program. Roughly 48% didn’t complete it. The remainder either did or are currently enrolled. One year ago, Oregon’s law ...

The president wants to enforce involuntary commitment laws for severe drug use. But rehab is expensive, without enough beds for those who seek it. By Jan Hoffman The sight is increasingly common: ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Police countywide arrested hundreds of repeat drug offenders in the months after California ...

Ellen Coopersmith rows across the Lake in Central Park. Now that she is retired from her job as a kindergarten teacher, she enjoys spending extra time in New York City when she comes to MSK for her ...

New melanoma immunotherapy research reveals how changing the way tumors die can awaken immune defenses and improve outcomes in mice.

This month’s mass overdose in West Baltimore underscored the need to expand drug treatment and harm reduction services, addiction specialists say. But efforts to build out services addressing the ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

President Trump signed bipartisan legislation Wednesday toughening criminal penalties for fentanyl traffickers. But some drug policy experts worry about funding for drug treatment and health care.