Eight Cincinnati area hospitals are instituting voluntary, universal drug-testing programs for expectant mothers in an effort to reduce the number of drug-dependent babies being born in the region.

KENT, Wash. — A world-renowned nursery that has cared for babies born withdrawing from drugs like opioids discharged its last patient Monday. This comes after the Department of Children, Youth and ...

88 babies per 10,000 live births suffer from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome 4,200 pregnant women admitted to drug treatment from 2004-11 5,100 hospitalizations resulting from NAS from 2004-11 $70 ...

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 ...

In 2008, East Tennessee Children's Hospital treated 33 infants at the hospital for drug dependence, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome. Officials there expect that number to skyrocket to 320 this ...

Foundation House Ministries’ Executive Director Suzanne Burns says calls into the nonprofit regarding drug-dependent babies born to addicted mothers have reached an all-time high. She says urgent help ...

First lady Melania Trump flew to Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, where she was briefed on babies born dependent on drugs. At the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Trump blew ...

Freedom of information requests showed at least 1,633 newborns in Scotland have received treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS results in a number of symptoms in a newborn baby which ...

More than 1600 babies have been born dependent on drugs since 2017, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Freedom of information requests showed that at least 1633 newborns ...