pharmacology

Health insurance companies today can legally charge smokers up to 50% more in premiums than non-smokers, based on the simple fact that smokers have ma...

The Onstott family of Mt. Pleasant is trying to get back to living normally after their 11-year-old daughter, Madisyn, was diagnosed with juvenile idi...

OLEAN, N.Y. — If the Council on Addiction/Recovery Services in Olean collaborates with Southern Tier Base CASA Trinity, the results expected will be e...

The coronavirus pandemic stole the spotlight in 2020, but it was not the only epidemic threatening lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

A COVID-19 vaccine clinic held earlier this week at Bradford Area High School for students and their parents attracted a number of participants, said ...

Vaccine clinics for Bradford and Smethport area school districts have been scheduled for June 29. The vaccines for Smethport students age 12 and up wi...

The announcement of a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was greeted this week with celebration and skepticism. The Food and Drug Administration ap...

AUSTIN — A COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Potter County at the Austin Fire Station. The clinic will be drive-th...

Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services is providing a Narcan training for anyone interested in learning more about the nasal spray used for a known or suspecte...

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held June 1 at the McKean County Fairgrounds, on Route 46 in Smethport. This will be a drive-through clinic and ...

(Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on Salamanca native Bradley Poole, who intends to run 300 miles in three days to raise both mon...

All four counties in The Era’s coverage area have new cases of COVID-19. McKean County reported 16 new cases of COVID-19, while Elk County had three n...

Do you wear the mask or not? For more than a year, the issue has been out there. At first the recommendations were to stay home and not bother with fa...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to prison time for allegations he was manufacturing methamphetamine in a home where a minor lived. William T....

SMETHPORT — A drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. May 4 at the McKean County Fairgrounds. Follow the signs once you enter...

Blood clots in veins that drain blood from the brain can lead to alarming strokelike results. The symptoms can be severe headaches, abdominal pain, le...

Appointments are open for Bradford Regional Medical Center’s upcoming COVID vaccination clinic Saturday, April 24. The clinic will be held from 8 a.m....

The continued struggle to provide treatment to veterans who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) saw another step in the right direction ...

Courteney Ross, girlfriend to George Floyd, spoke through tears as she sat surrounded by a plexiglass divider in a courtroom on April 1 during former ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Scott Perry, R-Pa., has introduced the “Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy (TREAT PTSD)”...