opioid

A number of counties in Upstate New York are taking a novel approach to opioid harm reduction, adding Narcan Emergency Boxes outside public buildings.

As Broome County continues to fight against its higher than average opioid overdose rate, some health care providers will give patients opioid disposal bags.

A New York State Department of Health warning has advised New Yorkers that nearly half of all overdose deaths in the state involve fentanyl.

Broome County Health Department officials are sounding the alarm over the number of drug overdoses so far this year.

Broome County is to get over $1.6 million in the first round of payments under New York’s settlement with the manufacturers and distributors of opioids.

The Broome County Health Department reports an increase in drug overdoses in the first three months of this year compared to numbers in 2021.

Broome County is announcing the fourth year of mini-grant funding for overdose prevention efforts.

Broome County officials are issuing another advisory about a spike in suspected drug overdoses in the past few days.

Programs to fight opioid addiction in the Southern Tier are due to receive up to $25.5 million from different legal settlements.

Broome County has a new text alert program to try to combat overdoses.