Fentanyl

Mount Carmel announced Thursday they discovered seven additional patients who received "excessive doses of pain medication" under the care of fired doctor…

A fourth lawsuit has been filed against Mount Carmel Health System and Dr. William Husel.The latest suit was filed behalf of Jan Thomas, who died March 1,…

New medication guidelines distributed to Mount Carmel staff members highlight the internal processes the hospital is re-examining in the wake of an…

State health officials are joining the investigation into Mount Carmel Health System after a doctor was fired for giving 27 people an excessive dose of…

David Austin took his wife Bonnie, who was having difficulty breathing, to Mount Carmel West hospital on Sept. 30, 2018. Within hours, Bonnie was…

When fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, infiltrated the drug supply in the U.S. it had an immediate, dramatic effect on the overdose rate.

Rates of drug overdose deaths continue to increase according to a new report from the CDC. Overdose deaths rose nearly 10 percent in 2017.Ohio has the…

A Southwest Ohio pastor who was speaking out in support of Issue 1, the state ballot issue that would provide drug users and possessors with treatment…

The Republican and Democratic candidates for governor met for their second face-to-face debate, this time taking questions from an audience and via social…

A recent analysis of state data shows opioid overdose deaths increased by another 20 percent from the previous year. Gov. John Kasich says the opioid…