pharmacology

GOWANDA — Assemblyman Joseph Giglio hosted a roundtable discussion Thursday to address the growing overdose and fentanyl crisis and develop strategies...

GOWANDA — The growing overdose and fentanyl crisis facing communities in the region will be discussed at a Feb. 15 roundtable meeting hosted by Assemb...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking to stop insulin users from having copayments on their diabetes medication, shield low-income New Yorkers f...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday proposed a plan to broadly wipe out some New Yorkers’ out-of-pocket insurance co-payments for insulin, the ubiquitous but...

January Jan. 4 — Aiello, in 10th year as mayor, delivers State of the City Jan. 4 — YMCA gets variances for Laine Outdoor Center Jan. 4 — Fans give mi...

Beyond the top stories of 2023, many other stories made the headlines. Here's a look at the honorable mentions in our community this past year. The le...

(This is the first of a two-part story on two Olean natives who returned home to practice medicine in their communities. Part two will be printed in W...

OLEAN — Dr. Joseph Bohan, president of the Cattaraugus County Board of Health for the past 10 years, announced Wednesday that he would not seek anothe...

ALBANY — New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive f...

BUFFALO — Two Yorkshire men are facing federal drug conspiracy charges. Cody R. Bemish, 30, and Zakary A. Bemish, 22, were arrested and charged by cri...

NEW YORK (TNS) — With cold and flu season ramping up, you may soon be heading to the pharmacy in search of relief. When you do, you might remember tha...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state’s opioid advisory board is once again urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to consider the authorization of safe injection sites — a requ...

BELMONT — Officials reported a successful National Take Back Day on Oct. 28, with over 90 pounds of medication collected. Allegany Council on Alcoholi...

The Department of Health and Human Services has sent over $800,000 to a group in Texas where they distribute crack pipes, according to the Dallas Expr...

BRADFORD, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host Dr. John Androsavich, a 2007 graduate who will discuss the promise of biomedical re...

OLEAN — Opioid deaths so far this year in Cattaraugus County are more than twice the number of overdose deaths from 2020. Cattaraugus County’s public ...

Time to clean out the medicine cabinet of old pills and dispose of them safely. Local law enforcement and civic groups are partnering with the Drug En...

ALBANY (TNS) — Correction officers in local jails acrossNew Yorkwould be barred from dispensing opioid medication to inmates under legislation introdu...