pharmacology

An average of 14 Pennsylvania residents die every day from overdose. Today, March 6, is Black Balloon Day, a day across the nation for families and lo...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., released a statement on Eli Lilly’s announcement to automatically cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 a mo...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Public health experts warned from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that the disease was “not like the flu,” resulting in fa...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A Montgomery County woman initially sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for her role in a companion’s overdose death was like...

Feeling anxious? You aren’t alone. The National Institute of Mental Health puts the number of people diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder at ab...

A 23 year-old Bradford man is in McKean County jail, unable to post bail, following arraignment Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Richard Lu...

ST. MARYS — Participants enrolled in the Leadership Elk and Cameron program provided updates on their community improvement projects on Health and Hum...

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...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — A bipartisan pair of state senators plan another push to allow nurse practitioners to work independently in Pennsylvania, enabling ...

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 ...

CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of opioids...

Seasonal flu activity across the country is higher than it has been at this time for the past five seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Department o...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania lawmakers this week approved a bill they say will end many problems related to “prior authorization” — where an insura...

LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. — On Saturday the Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, will be holding its sem...

WARREN — Deerfield Behavioral Health, an affiliate of Journey Health System, announced that it is now offering BrainsWay’s Deep Transcranial Magnetic ...

Education is everything. Be a part of saving a life. Call it whatever: fentanyl poisoning, murder by a drug dealer, an overdose, or killed by drugs — ...

WASHINGTON — As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the country, U.S. Senator Bob Casey, D-Pa., is introducing legislation to lower costs for the ma...

PHILADELPHIA — Throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, certain counties, particularly in the Appalachian region, are experiencing disproportionat...

President Joe Biden spoke too soon on the most recent “60 Minutes” when he said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over.” Most experts say the evolving vi...

STIGMA: Today just so happens to be International Overdose Awareness Day, serving as a stark reminder of the harm that drugs inflict on our society — ...