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Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello claims that County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo’s efforts to tackle the opioid epidemic do not meet the scale of the problem.…
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A group of surgeons in upstate New York has adopted new guidelines for prescribing opioids.The recommendations, developed by a team convened by Excellus…
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According to new data, the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in Monroe County decreased for the first time since 2015. Nearly 200 people died from…
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Nearly 200 people died from opioid overdoses in Monroe County last year, according to data released Monday by the county medical examiner’s office.That’s…
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We're joined by Dr. Rahul Gupta, former public health commissioner for West Virginia, for a conversation about the state of the opioid crisis in America.…
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Fatal opioid overdoses have either decreased or held constant in Monroe County each month since last October, according to the most recentdata from the…
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New York state has passed a second law to tax prescription opioids, after enforcement of a previous version of the measure was found unconstitutional.The…
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NEW YORK (AP & WXXI News) New York on Thursday sued the billionaire family behind OxyContin, joining a growing list of state and local governments…
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Chad Rank has been taking buprenorphine for years. But he's still coming to terms with what it means for his recovery from more than a decade of addiction…
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Congressman Tom Reed, R-Corning, has re-introduced a bill that toughens penalties for people convicted of trafficking fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.Reed…