Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer severe burns.

On paper, Bryan Getchius fit the profile of a drug mule. When sheriff's deputies pulled him over in Greenwood County, South Carolina, on a spring night in 2024, Getchius, 41, was driving a car with ...

One of the scariest moments of my life happened in 2022 when my father, Tom Donvito, then 75 and unaware of any allergies, experienced an anaphylactic reaction to a hornet sting. After he passed out, ...

Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. WASHINGTON — Top Food and Drug ...

The promising cancer drug trial results hadn’t yet been made public when a New Jersey biostatistician allegedly cashed in, turning confidential information into nearly half a million dollars in stock ...

A recent spike in 911 calls and overdoses is being linked by officials to the potent opioid fentanyl being mixed with the animal tranquilizer medetomidine. As Jon Hernandez reveals, experts are ...

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The next time the FDA turns down a drug application, the letter outlining the decision and the regulator’s reasoning will become public record. The agency said it will release future complete response ...

Medicines containing a type of PFAS or 'forever chemical' called fluorine are not leading to higher numbers of adverse drug reactions according to new data analysis. In a new paper published in PLOS ...

A common asthma medication has been shown to shield mice from anaphylaxis – a potentially fatal allergic reaction. The drug, called zileuton, has long been used to treat asthma and is now being ...

A pair of new papers unlock crucial new insights into what goes on in the body when anaphylaxis occurs, and indicate how an existing asthma medication could one day help prevent these life-threatening ...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of hospital admissions and treatment discontinuation worldwide. Conventional approaches often fail to detect rare or delayed effects of medicinal ...