Once a thriving working class community, Kensington has become infamous for drug use and violence. Now, after a year of ...

PA Groundhogs and the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education monitor for novel and emerging substances by testing ...

Pennsylvania is seeing roughly 2,000 fewer drug deaths a year. Nationwide, the number of annual deaths from drug overdoses has dropped by more than 30,000 people a year.

City leaders have highlighted the progress made in Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's ongoing efforts to revitalize the Kensington neighborhood. A key focus has been combatting crime and drug ...

A 42-year-old man with a history of addiction died inside a Philadelphia jail over the weekend just days after he was arrested in Kensington, officials said. Andrew Drury was picked up on a bench ...

The Kensington organization provides housing to people entering recovery from addiction. Its founder shaped actress Ashleigh Cummings' portrayal of a missing woman with a substance use disorder.

In some parts of the U.S. drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts ...

In Philadelphia, fatal overdoses are the No. 3 cause of death after heart disease and cancer. That's been the case each year ...

What you need to knowMayor Cherelle L. Parker is delivering her second budget address this morning to Philadelphia City Council.The speech kicks off three months of negotiations between the Parker ...

Elena (left) and Vadim live on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that has long struggled with fentanyl and other drug use. Both told NPR they have survived ...

Rachel McFadden is an emergency room nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and also works at a wound care clinic in Kensington in North Philadelphia that serves people who use drugs.

More than half of the street fentanyl samples collected in November 2024 contained BTMPS, and many contained more BTMPS than fentanyl.