RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Stephanie Paquette is already planning the perfect first birthday for her little one. It is coming up in May, and there will be a lot to celebrate. “We’re actually having a big ...

MIDLAND, Texas — During pregnancy, opioid use can result in a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns called neonatal abstinence syndrome or opioid withdrawal syndrome. According to the National ...

When Kiran Dwarakanath worked as a doctor in New York, hospitals had entire neonatology units devoted specifically to helping babies born addicted to drugs going through withdrawals. Then he came to ...

Six hours after Kemper Roach was born, it grew clear something was wrong. Jitters took over his 6-pound body. Wails rose from his throat. Nothing could comfort him. “It got horrific,” his father ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- As the nation’s opioid problem and related disorder continues to grow, there’s also been a significant rise in infants being affected by the drug at birth. According to studies ...

NASHUA – Many victims of New Hampshire’s ongoing opioid epidemic have never even willingly taken heroin, fentanyl or OxyContin. A report released Friday by the state’s Office of the Child Advocate ...

An Oklahoma mother testified in Day 17 of the state’s opioid trial against Johnson & Johnson, telling the judge she fostered and adopted three children who’d been exposed to opioids before birth.

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 ...

First lady Melania Trump was greeted by protesters during her visit to Boston Medical Center where she praised the hospital’s “care and compassion” for babies born addicted to opiates and mothers ...

The number of U.S. infants born with neonatal abstinence syndrome — a term encapsulating the host of health problems newborns experience when their mothers use opioids during pregnancy — increased ...