Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...

In a public health alert issued Wednesday, the Hamilton County Office of Addiction Response announced that “ongoing surveillance of daily overdose incidents" since Feb. 9 has revealed “abnormal ...

Health officials in Cincinnati are raising alarms following a surge in overdose deaths, with seven fatalities reported since ...

A coalition of law enforcement agencies, led by a drug enforcement task force, has launched a campaign to reduce the presence ...

Medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol, according to new government-funded research.

First responders, educators, and community leaders learned more about how to help prevent and reduce substance abuse at the ...

Now, one type of weight-loss medication is proving helpful with another health issue. In a study published Feb. 12 in JAMA ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie this week notched an early victory with the Board of Supervisors in his crusade against the ...

A new study (the first clinical trial of its kind) has shown that the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide — known by the brand name ...

The program establishes five drop box locations across the U.S. Virgin Islands—two in St. Croix, two in St. Thomas, and one ...

For years, people taking Ozempic or other drugs in the same class for diabetes and weight loss have noticed the medicines don't just curb their desire to eat; for some, they also lead them to drink ...