National Oklahoma Judge Shaves $107 Million Off Opioid Decision Against Johnson & Johnson The new number from Judge Thad Balkman comes nearly three months after he ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Both sides had questioned that sum. Colin Dwyer Jackie Fortier
Health The Opium Cycle There is a pattern that has repeated itself throughout the history of the opium trade. Darian Woods
Health Report: Giving naloxone to cops saves lives in Washington Twenty-one people are likely alive today because police officers in Thurston County were armed with a drug overdose reversal medicine, according to a new report by a University of Washington professor of public health. Austin Jenkins
Health A Gambian Nurse Fights Pain Without Pills As the U.S. grapples with the opioid crisis, pain medication is in short supply in some other parts of the world. One nurse in the Gambia explains how she addresses pain with tools other than drugs. Jason Beaubien
Health Bellevue police arm themselves with Narcan to combat rise in overdoses Heroin and fentanyl are becoming a bigger problem in Bellevue, and now police are arming themselves with an overdose antidote Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health ‘We feel like there's a serial killer on the street.’ Fentanyl’s death toll in the Seattle area Gabe Lilienthal, a Ballard High School student, died on September 29, after taking what he thought was oxycodone. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Health A Place Where The Opioid Problem Is Upside Down While the opioid problem in the U.S. is about too many opioids, in some countries there are few options for treating or controlling pain. Jason Beaubien
Health Overdose medication to be available in Washington without prescription Washington health officials offer statewide standing order for naloxone. The order will allow any individual to get the overdose reversal medication from a pharmacy without a prescription. Derek Wang
Health Poll: Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Says Pain Often Interferes With Daily Life How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll. Scott Hensley
Health Overdose deaths continue to rise in King County. Here are two big reasons why Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington researcher Caleb Banta-Green about why drug overdose deaths are increasing in King County. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
