ALBANY - Domestic abusers in New York who are convicted on either felony or many misdemeanor charges will have all their firearms - not just handguns - taken from them. The provision sailed through the state Assembly and Senate before being signed … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Gillibrand Announces Details of Opioid Addiction Prevention Act During Stop in Jamestown
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JAMESTOWN - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) was in Jamestown on Monday to share details of the Opioid Addiction Prevention Act, a proposed piece of bipartisan legislation that would limit the amount of prescription opioids a physician can prescribe to … [Read more...]
WCA Hospital Joins Effort To Stop Sleep-Related Deaths for Infants
JAMESTOWN - WCA Hospital is partnering with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for a safe sleep study designed to prevent sleep-related infant deaths. Sleep-related death is the number-one killer of infants 1 to 12 months … [Read more...]
Schumer, Gillibrand Push for Increased Federal Support in Fight Against Heroin, Opioid Addiction
WASHINGTON - New York’s two representatives in the U.S. Senate both took time out on Wednesday to address to growing heroin and opioid epidemic that continues to affect communities across upstate new York, including here Chautauqua County. On … [Read more...]
Gillibrand Announces Preventing Over-Prescribing for Pain Act
WASHINGTON - New York’s Junior Senator in Washington is continuing to push for prescription drug reform in an effort to reduce the number of people getting addicted to Opioids and other pain killers. On Tuesday U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand … [Read more...]
Gillibrand Calls for Stricter Federal Guidelines When Prescribing Pain Medication
WASHINGTON - New York’s junior senator in Washington is calling on the federal government to develop stricter guidelines regarding how and when doctors should prescribe pain medications to their patients. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is … [Read more...]
Schumers Call on Feds to do More to Fight Zika Virus
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Sunday pushed for a three-point federal plan aimed at containing the Zika virus outbreak that has already affected thirty people in the United States, including at least five in New York. First, Schumer is … [Read more...]
New York Has 4th Lowest Gun Death Rate in Nation, New Analysis Finds
WASHINGTON, DC -Despite having one of the largest populations of any state in the union, New York still ranks near the bottom of the list when it comes to gun death rates. Newly available data for 2014 reveals that states with weak gun violence … [Read more...]
Jamestown Community College Monitors Ebola Outbreak
JAMESTOWN - The growing concern of the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa is being noted in the Jamestown area. Jamestown Community College is closely monitoring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) information on the Ebola virus … [Read more...]
State Health Officials Caution Residents About Increased Incidents of Measels
ALBANY - New York State is seeing one of the highest incidents of measles outbreaks in the past 20 years and as a result, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State Department of Health is alerting New Yorkers about the importance of being vaccinated to … [Read more...]
