pharmacology

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has implemented a controversial plan to reduce the state’s Medicaid costs by shifting millions of New Yorkers off their pre...

ALBANY (TNS) — A bill that would authorize “overdose prevention centers” was passed by the state Assembly’s health committee earlier this week, giving...

A hearty thank you to Eli Lilly, one of the planet’s top three producers of insulin, for slashing the price of its most widely prescribed form of insu...

To mark Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, the New York State Department of Health reminds folks to schedule a screening appointment or get the human pa...

SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Shinglehouse man faces a state prison term of at least 9 years and 7 months and up to 19 years and 8 months for drug and insurance ...

CHICAGO (TNS) — In a Jan. 2 “Monday Night Football” game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An imm...

ALBANY (TNS) — Steve Gouvis touched his partner, Kimberly Hogle, on the shoulder. She had retreated to a bedroom in their Halfmoon residence a few hou...

There is a real public health crisis among America’s young people, and it isn’t COVID-19. Every day, more than 300 of our children and loved ones are ...

ALBANY — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday sounded the alarm on the price gouging of children’s painkillers and fever reducers as dema...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has named an acting commissioner to lead the state Department of Health after current Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett s...

OLEAN — Olean General Hospital and Southern Tier Health System, Inc. have launched a program that will help combat the opioid epidemic in the area. Ov...

SALAMANCA — Narcan nasal spray, an emergency medicine used to reverse an opioid overdose, is now publicly accessible in the Salamanca City Central Sch...

ITHACA (AP) — Cornell University has announced the temporary suspension of fraternity parties after a student reported being sexually assaulted Sunday...

Residents looking to get rid of their old prescription and over-the-counter drugs can do so at a number of safe drop sites on Saturday. Several sites ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer pushed Friday for more federal help in Buffalo and Western New York in light of a deadly new “rainbow fent...

Women with breast cancer have tough decisions to make. But pregnant women and those who want to have children down the road have even more to consider...

BELMONT — The Allegany County Department of Health will provide the COVID-19 bivalent vaccine boosters at clinics beginning Saturday. As in the past, ...

CASA Trinity, an addiction recovery agency formed from a merger in April with Olean-based Council on Addiction Recovery Services (CAReS), plans to exp...