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In the past few weeks, Onondaga County saw two spikes in opioid-related overdoses in a 24 to 36-hour time period.
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Upstate Medical University is launching a program it hopes can help make a dent in the opioid epidemic, and accidental drug overdoses.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Emergency physicians have a role in helping to prevent opioid overdoses, says Dr. Jay Brenner, the medical director for the emergency department at…