CHICAGO (AP) - Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal ...

The opioid drug epidemic has created a lot more drug-dependent newborns and hospitals often have to foot the bill for their treatment, the Boston Herald has reported. The cost of treating these ...

A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery ...

A new report out of Tennessee shows that the number of newborns dependent on drugs their mothers took during pregnancy is higher than ever and experts says it should be a warning to the rest of the ...

The numbers tell a story no one wants to hear: opioid use during pregnancy has more than doubled in California over the past ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Newborn babies in Washington are testing positive for drugs at rates far exceeding the national average, the KING 5 Investigators uncovered. Three mothers in various stages of ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WPVI) -- The ABC7 I-Team looked into the most heartbreaking development of the opioid epidemic: tiny lives that begin drug dependent. They can't "just say no" because they are ...

Washington Democrats and Governor Bob Ferguson claim to champion the vulnerable, yet they have once again revealed their disturbing priorities. Ferguson, in a move of pure political pandering, has ...