Twenty dangerous opioids and drugs will be banned in a new crackdown announced by the Home Office. Currently possession of Class A drugs carries a sentence of up to seven years imprisonment, while ...

Nitazenes, like this powder sample, are a class of synthetic opioids more potent than morphine and fentanyl. Joe Lamberti/The Washington Post via Getty Images Nitazenes are psychoactive substances, or ...

Scientists have identified a new anti-ageing drug class that works by acting on a key gut bacteria process, an advance that ...

Ketamine should be made a class A drug because people wrongly assume it is “safer” at its current classification, a senior coroner has suggested. Alison Mutch warned that people were under a “false ...

Scientists continue to explore ways we can live longer and ensure those lives are healthier. A new discovery of note in this ...

Individuals with HIV who were resistant to all four antiretroviral drug classes experienced higher mortality than those who were not resistant, a difference primarily due to lower CD4 cell counts.