Fatal overdoses have dramatically declined in Allegheny County
Almost suddenly, Allegheny County has seen a dramatic drop in the number of people dying.
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Almost suddenly, Allegheny County has seen a dramatic drop in the number of people dying.
Fayette County District Attorney Michael Aubele wants users to be aware that this drug can be lethal.
A recent dip in overdose deaths has been credited in part to wider naloxone access.
A local family said they're one step closer to justice after a 27-year-old Aliquippa man was arrested in connection with their loved one's death.
An Allegheny County man is facing several charges after allegedly providing fentanyl to a 15-year-old Oakdale girl, which resulted in her death last year.
The Fayette County Coroner's Office has released a first-of-its-kind report breaking down deaths in the county over the last 23 years.
Overdose deaths in Allegheny County have been on the decline in the last couple of years after a decade-high in 2017.
An Armstrong County man has been convicted of third-degree murder, drug delivery resulting in death, and other charges after providing a dose of fentanyl-cocaine that killed another man in 2020.
A 4-month-old baby in Beaver County is dead, the coroner says, from a cocaine overdose.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
Almost 650,000 people aged 18 to 64 died of a drug overdose from 2011 to 2021, researchers found.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued to break annual records.
The overdose crisis continues to change, and the Pennsylvania Health Department is taking a new approach to tackling emerging issues.
The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people.
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West Virginia is finalizing the leadership for a newly created foundation tasked with distributing the lion's share of the more than $1 billion in opioid lawsuit-settlement money coming to the state with the nation's highest overdose death rate.
The death of a police officer by a drug overdose in Cambria County is under investigation.
Allegheny County police are investigating after a 7-month-old Penn Hills girl died with fentanyl in her system.
More than a quarter of overdoses have been linked to the drug.
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A man is facing charges after a scary encounter for a group of kids near a park on Pittsburgh's South Side.
The risk of flash flooding remains in the forecast on Thursday, along with some scattered storm chances.
While the importance of the family support system is timeless, a new study found it creates financial stressors for all involved.
Part of the state budget calls for $20 million to go to main street development in communities.
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Jim Toman, a longtime college baseball coach from western Pennsylvania, died of brain cancer on Tuesday. He was 64 years old.
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Jackson Chourio and Andrew Vaughn homered, Logan Henderson allowed two runs in six innings to win his sixth consecutive decision, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Part of the state budget calls for $20 million to go to main street development in communities.
Amtrak is adding a second trip from Pittsburgh to New York later this year, officials said during a public board meeting.
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Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
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