pharmacology

In the middle of this opioid crisis people are scared. People in our community and our country are dying. This is a serious health crisis. But as peop...

HUMPHREY — Less than a week after discovering four alleged methamphetamine labs, the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force reportedly discovered anot...

BUFFALO — Two more Allegany County residents have been sentenced for playing a role in methamphetamine conspiracy. Bradley J. Hollenbeck, 37, of Andov...

CHEEKTOWAGA (AP) — Police in Western New York are warning residents of a possible lethal batch of heroin following a series of overdoses. WGRZ-TV repo...

ALBANY (AP) — Opioid and heroin dealers whose products cause a fatal overdose could be charged with homicide under a measure passed by the New York st...

With modern medical practices constantly evolving, physicians frequently find themselves adjusting to updates in their respective disciplines. And as ...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed local law declaring the heroin/opioid crisis, which ha...

OLEAN — The heroin overdose death of her brother-in-law three years ago helped motivate Tabitha Crawford to quit her own drug addiction. The 32-year-o...

Most of us at some time or another have had some electrical device malfunction, short out or simply cease functioning. The more analytical of us disma...

OLEAN — Winning Olean Back is asking the community to make a small gesture Tuesday to spread awareness about overdose deaths. The local addiction supp...

OLEAN — It’s been a long time since members of the Cattaraugus County Heroin/Opioid Task Force had heard some good news. On Friday, Avi Israel of Buff...

LITTLE VALLEY — A proposed local law declaring the opioid epidemic in Cattaraugus County a public nuisance was approved by two county legislature comm...

LITTLE VALLEY — Three Cattaraugus County lawmakers are proposing a local law declaring the opioid epidemic a public nuisance, and the county plans to ...

It’s an epidemic in our country. And because one can’t feel it, it does its damage silently. That is the biggest problem with diabetes: If you wait un...

OLEAN — With data relating to Cattaraugus County’s opioid crisis flatlining or falling in 2017, the area’s health director is somewhat hopeful. The co...

OLEAN — With data relating to Cattaraugus County’s opioid crisis flatlining or falling in 2017, the area’s health director is somewhat hopeful. The co...

OLEAN — Cases of influenza continue to rise in Cattaraugus County and across New York State. And they haven’t peaked yet, according to Public Health D...

OLEAN — The Olean Police Department feels a dent has been made in the city’s heroin problem — officers say the opioid is less available on the street ...