First Opinion By Kate M. Nicholson Another fight for Covid long-haulers: having their pain acknowledged
Health By Isabella Cueto Medical cannabis unlikely to benefit most chronic pain patients, international researchers say
Pharma By David Armstrong — ProPublica Watch: In never-before-seen video, Purdue’s Richard Sackler defends OxyContin marketing
First Opinion By Richard A. "Red" Lawhern Stop persecuting doctors for legitimately prescribing opioids for chronic pain
Special Report By Julie Appleby and Elizabeth Lucas — Kaiser Health News While addiction crisis raged, many surgeons overprescribed opioids, analysis shows
First Opinion By Stefan G. Kertesz and Kate M. Nicholson No more ‘shortcuts’ in prescribing opioids for chronic pain. Millions of Americans need nuanced care
First Opinion By Abraham Nussbaum Online sellers of designer drugs are a dark partner in the opioid epidemic
First Opinion By Shravani Durbhakula and Joshua M. Sharfstein HHS needs to step up so CDC’s new guidelines won’t be ‘a bridge to nowhere’ for most Americans living with chronic pain
First Opinion By Antje M. Barreveld As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by underprescribing opioids
The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell Listen: What’s next for Roche, a debate over second boosters, & Vertex’s recent success
Health By Nicholas St. Fleur and Eric Boodman STAT+ Conversation: Pain and Promise: Examining a fibromyalgia blood test
A STAT Investigation By Eric Boodman Selling certainty: In a sea of skeptics, this physician was one of fibromyalgia patients' few true allies. Or was he?
Health By Claudia López Lloreda In the same health system, Black patients are prescribed fewer opioids than white patients
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Challenging the link between statins and muscle pain, patients report no difference in aches when taking drug or placebo
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Elective, but not optional: Orthopedic patients eagerly await surgeries delayed by Covid-19
First Opinion By Vanila Singh Misguided federal regulations are likely to cause more pain in people already living with it
In the Lab By Sharon Begley Brain-imaging study shows ‘hot spot’ that may explain why African Americans feel greater pain
First Opinion By Nkeiruka Orajiaka Some kids in pain need opioids. For doctors, that means walking a tightrope
Health By Ruth Hailu ‘Sickle cell needs more funding’: An 18-year-old patient advocate calls on Washington to improve children’s health care
First Opinion By Ben Goodwin, Judy Butler and Adriane Fugh-Berman Industry-funded attacks on the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline are eroding public health
First Opinion By William Fleischman and Joseph S. Ross How Insys undermined an FDA effort to protect the public from dangerous opioids
In the Lab By Jacquelyn Corley The case of a woman who feels almost no pain leads scientists to a new gene mutation