opioid

In the past few weeks, Onondaga County saw two spikes in opioid-related overdoses in a 24 to 36-hour time period.

Upstate Medical University is launching a program it hopes can help make a dent in the opioid epidemic, and accidental drug overdoses.

The latest sign-up for the coronavirus vaccine forced Onondaga County’s website to crash Thursday. County Executive Ryan McMahon said there were 767,000…

Onondaga County is on track to have its highest number of opioid-related deaths in almost 10 years. It’s a trend happening across upstate and the rest of…

There were 41 opioid-related deaths in Onondaga County in the first quarter of 2020, nearly one-third of the total amount of opioid deaths last year. That…

The new number from Judge Thad Balkman comes nearly three months after he ordered the drugmaker to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Both sides had questioned that sum.

A Syracuse resident, who trained thousands of people on how to use Narcan, a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, has himself,…

The approach that the Watertown City Court uses to address some cases involving opioids has changed. It is one of 10 courts in New York to receive a…

Stacy Alvord, the director of Oswego County's Department of Social Services, says she's never seen anything quite like the opioid epidemic in her 40 years…

Emergency physicians have a role in helping to prevent opioid overdoses, says Dr. Jay Brenner, the medical director for the emergency department at…