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Elk Grove Village, a community of 32,000 outside Chicago has launched a program in which addicted people can ask police officers and other municipal workers for help without fear of arrest, even if they have illegal drugs or paraphernalia.

Josh Wilkerson switched to a cheaper insulin when the price of his life-saving medication went up, a decision that ended up being fatal.

Hundreds of cystic fibrosis sufferers in Scotland will have access drugs that can help extend their life after a deal was struck on costs.

People living with diabetes will hold a vigil at the headquarters of Eli Lilly to protest the high price of insulin.

Across the country, low-income patients are overcoming stigmas surrounding poverty to speak out about nonprofit hospitals that sue them. Federal officials are noticing. Help us keep the pressure on.

Public officials in Ohio say no amount of money will restore the cities that have been upended by the opioid crisis.

Lawsuits claim baldness drug Propecia causes sexual problems and depression. The judge sealed evidence – uncovered by Reuters – suggesting the maker downplayed the side effects. A widow wants the truth out.

The number of UK-born people living in the EU - workers and their dependants, pensioners, students and others - is estimated at 1.3 million.

In France, a visit to the doctor typically costs the equivalent of $1.12. A night in a German hospital costs a patient roughly $11.

Dave Roberts is fighting for his life, and his doctor says there is only one option left to him, an immunotherapy treatment called Kymriah.

The insecurity in this part of Congo, along with the government's inability to provide the most basic of services, have made people suspicious of efforts to ward off the virus.

Australian mother Deb Ware is in a race to save her son from a crippling addiction to opioids.

AP journalist Kristen Gelineau shares her experience reporting on the opioid crisis across Australia.

Like in the U.S., the problem has hit the country’s poorest areas the hardest. One region of Tasmania _ Australia’s poorest state _ has more opioid prescriptions than people.

Australia is following the same ominous course as the United States, with skyrocketing rates of opioid prescriptions and related deaths.