CHICAGO — 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 and ...

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 and is being ...

CHICAGO (AP) - The number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled over a decade. That's according to a new study that also shows a surge in pregnant women's use of illegal ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee is seeing a rise in the number of babies born drug dependent and most of those babies are in rural areas. According to a new study with researchers from Vanderbilt ...

PHOENIX — A diaper drive is underway at Hushabye Nursery in Phoenix. This unique recovery center specializes in helping newborns addicted to opioids find healing from the painful process of drug ...

An increasing number of babies across the country are born addicted to opioids and require intensive care, according to a study analyzing MEDNAX Clinical Data Warehouse statistics from 299 neonatal ...

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 ...

Three years after Colorado stopped requiring doctors to report newborns who tested positive for drugs as possible child abuse victims, the number of families referred to child protective services for ...

LEHIGHTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Brayden Cummings turned 6 weeks old the morning his mother suffocated him. High on methamphetamine, Xanax and the methadone prescribed to help her kick a heroin ...

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 ...