opioid

SMETHPORT — In December, the medication drop boxes in McKean County yielded 149.2 pounds, down more than 60 pounds from the previous quarterly collect...

HARRISBURG — Eighteen kits of naloxone were distributed Thursday from the McKean County State Health Center, the department of health reported on Frid...

When a family or friends of an overdose victim are in a crisis situation of reviving the individual, time is of the essence in saving a life. The admi...

A recent report from the PA Health Care Cost Containment Council revealed that Pennsylvania hospitals recorded approximately 36,712 opioid-related hos...

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a sweeping opioid bill on Wednesday, and it is headed to the president for his signature. Pennsylvania’s senator...

Earlier this year, Gov. Tom Wolf issued a disaster declaration over the opioid crisis that is ravaging communities throughout Pennsylvania. His declar...

April 2-8, 2018 is National Public Health Week. Ensuring that our public is healthy is one of the critical missions of the healthcare profession. As w...

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chairman Susan Collins, R-Maine, celebrated the ...

The legal dispensing of opioids has gone down in McKean, Elk and Potter counties, while an increase has been noted in Cameron County. The state Depart...

EMPORIUM — During a regional visit Tuesday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro met with law enforcement officials in Emporium to discuss effor...

EAST SMETHPORT — Pennsylvania Attorney-General Josh Shapiro met with McKean County law enforcement officials at a “Coffee with Cops” event Tuesday mor...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro will visit the region Tuesday, making stops in East Smethport, Coudersport and Emporium. “Having a state of...

McKean County District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer is calling Gov. Tom Wolf’s statewide disaster declaration that targets heroin and opioid ...

The opioid and prescription drug problem in our nation, and particularly in Pennsylvania, has reached epidemic levels. In fact, in December 2016 the C...

It’s something that local, state and federal officials all agree on: President Trump’s decision to declare the opioid epidemic a public health emergen...

Bradford Regional Medical Center, member hospital of Upper Allegheny Health System, will present an opioid epidemic update during its final 2017 commu...

What has caused the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania in recent years? That depends on who is asked. This year, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania commis...

HARRISBURG – A cluster of more than 50 overdoses in a 48-hour period in Tioga, Lycoming and Clinton counties prompted a warning from Gov. Tom Wolf Adm...

“Although I agree there are definitely places that funding should be cut, to reduce access to addiction services in the midst of an epidemic would be ...

Pennsylvania’s physician general, Dr. Rachel Levine, discussed the opioid crisis during her keynote address for the American Academy of Pain Medicine’...