pharmacology

SMETHPORT — The last of four defendants charged in a 2018 McKean County methamphetamine ring was sentenced Thursday at the McKean County Courthouse to...

The human services model in McKean County works, says Lee Sizemore, county human service administrator. But both the state House and Senate are consid...

Sleep is one of the most crucial building blocks to the foundation of a healthy life. When it comes to those with a mental or behavioral diagnosis, sl...

The tide may be turning in the opioid epidemic that has plagued the region the past few years. Drug overdose deaths in local counties last year were d...

The inside of the clinic looked similar to some of the busier medical offices in the area, with adults of various ages and backgrounds seated in the w...

Bradford City Police raided a home Saturday with a suspected methamphetamine manufacturing operation, police and McKean County District Attorney Steph...

A Bradford man is in McKean County Jail for allegedly being in possession of methamphetamine and materials used to make the drug when his bicycle was ...

This week has brought some pretty wild winter weather to Bradford. Between avoiding the flu, shoveling snow and adjusting to changing temperatures, ho...

KANE — The opioid crisis is a modern day plague. This was one of the messages shown during a screening of an eye-opening documentary emphasizing the s...

The opioid crisis continued to plague Tioga County in 2018. According to the department of Health and Human Services figures, Pennsylvania ranks fifth...

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 — Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Wednesday joined Gov. Tom Wolf at the Capitol Building to announce the launch of a new online tool to re...

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...

As the wintry atmosphere has settled outside and the heat gets cranked up indoors, the dry air can wreak havoc on the body — particularly your eyes. Y...

More than 200 pounds of medication was discarded in McKean County’s unused medication drop boxes during this quarter, District Attorney Stephanie Vett...

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...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Doug Jones, D-Ala., are proposing new penalties on foreign countries that turn a blind eye to drug king...

When Jason Neal answered the phone at his desk last week, he took a call from an individual desperate to have a family member addicted to heroin admit...