SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The Medical Board of California wants to create a confidential program for substance-abusing physicians that critics say will eliminate oversight of doctors who have drug problems.

As Republican lawmakers search for deep spending cuts, a growing number of critics fear a roll-back of Medicaid dollars spent helping Americans slammed by the street fentanyl crisis. A report released ...

Biogen is slashing the price of its Alzheimer’s treatment in half months after it debuted to widespread criticism for an initial cost that could reach $56,000 annually. The drugmaker said Monday that ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The City of San Francisco is taking a new approach to address the drug crisis on its streets. Starting next spring, Mayor Daniel Lurie says a law-enforcement-led sobering center ...

A group of graduates is getting a chance at a new beginning as they start their sobriety journey. They just graduated from a Cook County Circuit Court Drug Treatment Program. For Eli Saul Mercado, 51, ...

A doctor, a mother, a pregnant teen, an adolescent boy who broke his ankle. All have had lives irrevocably influenced by drugs and their aftermath, and all are portrayed in Shoshana Walter’s ...