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 ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-- Numbers from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services indicate the number of drug-addicted babies born in West Virginia is on the rise. Lily's Place, a group in ...

More than 1,000 babies were born last year in Tennessee addicted to drugs. It's a trend that has grown each of the last 14 years. Now, the state is looking for new ways to break the cycle. So far this ...

WILLISTON, N.D. – As drug use continues to rise in Williams County and the surrounding area, illicit substances are increasingly turning up in the most vulnerable sector of the population. More babies ...

DETROIT - An increased reliance on prescription painkillers and the resulting addiction has now shown up in the most vulnerable patients - America's newborns, according to a report released Monday.

FARGO - A baby born addicted to methamphetamine reportedly has been returned to a mother from the Spirit Lake reservation who an official said failed to submit to drug tests. The 4-month-old infant ...

BABIES born to heroin addicts live through an excruciating withdrawal. This is the crisis taking a hold of the most innocent of victims. The high-pitched cry and sight of the baby shaking ...

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 ...

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 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new and improved way to care for babies born suffering from addiction withdrawal symptoms could be coming, according to a new trial. Several local hospitals, including UC Medical ...

Thousands of babies have been born hooked on drugs in England over the past decade, new data has revealed. More than 1,000 newborns have received treatment in England’s hospitals each year since 2014 ...