Health Care Professionals

The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that prosecutors need to prove that doctors knowingly prescribed drugs in aberrant ways to win convictions against them for unlawful distribution of controlled medicines.

CINCINNATI — The U.S. Department of Justice's Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid (ARPO) strike force announced 12 new charges against physicians accused of over-prescribing opioids in a press conference on Wednesday.

An Ohio doctor was acquitted Wednesday of hastening the deaths of multiple critically ill patients by ordering large doses of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.

Dayton Fire Department officials say the city's partnership with Premier Health is achieving its goal, but it is only funded through year's end

Columbus-area doctor William Husel was indicted in cases where patients had received fentanyl

Jurors, once at an impasse, found William Husel, DO, not guilty after a week of deliberations

What You Need To Know. A jury found a former Columbus-area doctor accused of killing 14 people by ordering excessive doses of fentanyl not guilty in April. William Husel faced 14 counts of murder, which alleged he used the excessive doses on purpose to speed up the deaths of patients. He could still practice in other states

More than a dozen medical professionals have been charged with illegal distribution of painkillers.