New research shows Virginia lost $5.2 billion to the opioid crisis in 2023, a significant increase from $3.5 billion in 2020 ...

A newly updated data dashboard from the Virginia Commonwealth University is shining a light on the state's opioid epidemic in ...

River Ridge Learning Center opened in fall 2025 in Waynesboro as part of Waynesboro Schools and is the second recovery high school in Virginia. The first opened in 2023 in Chesterfield and others will ...

Kavya Beheraj/Axios The Richmond area lost more than $1 billion to the opioid epidemic in 2023, per a new report from VCU and the Virginia Department of Health. Why it matters: It's a major chunk of ...

Virginia businesses are teaming up with health-care providers in an effort to break the cycle of opioid addiction. Last year, Virginia saw 1,227 opioid-related overdose deaths, according to the ...

Virginia stands to receive up to $107.4 million in a multistate settlement proposed by OxyContin producer Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a federal court's question in an appeal in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a ...

A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revived a suit against certain pharmaceutical distributors brought under ...

FILE - Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby, File) CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Supreme Court on Monday declined ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Supreme Court on Monday declined to answer a federal court's question in an appeal in a landmark lawsuit over whether the distribution of opioids can cause a ...