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FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.Here’s a look at the issues involved.WHAT IS NARCAN?The approved nasal spray from Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions is the best-known form of naloxone.It can reverse overdoses of opioids, including street drugs such as heroin and fentanyl and prescription versions including oxycodone.Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 U.S. deaths a year. The majority of those deaths are tied to opioids, primarily potent synthetic versions such as fentanyl that can take multiple doses ...

Warmer weather means ticks are back: How to prevent getting bit this spring

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

(WSYR) — As warmer spring temperatures arrive, you might want to jump right into hiking, walking, or biking. However, before you go anywhere, know that the blood-sucking insects are back. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! This spring, especially after our warmer winter, more ticks than ever will be active and out looking for hosts—people, pets and wildlife—to attach to. During Tick Bite Prevention Week from March 24 through the 30—and beyond—be on guard to prevent getting bitten.“Ticks can be active year-round when temperatures are above 45 degrees,” said Oswego County Public Health Director Vera Dunsmoor. “As the weather gets warmer, the chances of finding a tick on you, your family members or pets increase, so be sure to do ‘tick-checks’ when coming in from working or playing in the yard or from being out in the woods or brush.” “Anything That Floats” event looks to make a splash this weekend To add to the severity of ti...

Café Con Mel moving into Guilderland Public Library

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Café Con Mel, a coffee shop located at 133 Remsen Street in Cohoes, is moving into the Guilderland Public Library. The Cohoes location has already closed in preparation for the move. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "After years of calling Cohoes home, from catering to the coffee shop, it’s time to start our next chapter," said co-owner Mel in a Facebook post. "Joy and I have a very special place in our hearts for Cohoes and as much as we wanted to stay, opportunities kept knocking us into a different direction."Although the official opening date hasn't been announced yet, Café con Mel at Guilderland Public Library will be opening this spring. "After almost two years of searching for a suitable vendor and completing renovations, we are almost ready to unveil this final piece of our construction project," said Guilderland Public Library. Sperry’s in Saratoga Springs closed until further notice ...

City of Albany receives $75K grant to plant 120 new trees

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The City of Albany has received a $75,000 grant from the Department of Environmental Conservation to plant 120 new trees in the West Hill and Arbor Hill neighborhoods. To kick off the initiative, a Bald Cypress tree was planted at the entrance to Swinburne Park near the largest Bald Cypress tree remaining in New York State. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In 2020, Mayor Kathy Sheehan launched the 2025 Tree Planting Initiative. The goal is to have 2,025 trees planted by 2025. At the end of 2022, 1,753 had already been planted."The City of Albany estimates that more than 1,000 street trees have been lost to various factors since 2008," said Mayor Sheehan. "That is why it is so important that we are receiving this grant to help enhance our tree cover to both combat climate change and create more shade for our residents to reverse the impacts of heat island effect."

Albany man arraigned for attempted murder

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany County Districit Attorney's office announced that an indictment against Brian Moses, 20, of Albany was unsealed on Wednesday. It was handed up on March 21 and accuses Moses of trying to kill someone on July 7, 2022. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The DA said that Moses faced two charges classed as violent felonies: second-degree attempted murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. They said that he pleaded not guilty before Albany County Court Judge Andra Ackerman late Tuesday afternoon.Moses allegedly attempted to "cause the death of another person" near 843 Madison Avenue in Albany. He also allegedly had an illegal, loaded firearm there on that July day. His next court appearance is set for April 17.

New information on 1984 Missouri cold case

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

TROY, Mo.-  The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department plans to release new information Wednesday on a cold case murder from the 1980s when a man's body was found.In April of last year, they began working with an anthropology professor from southeast Missouri State University, and a private forensics lab. They're using DNA evidence to solve the 1984 murder. Top Stories: Officers injured in Maryland Heights crash The man's body was found inside a pump house near Highway F. He was wearing expensive clothing, and had been shot in the head.

Remains identified in 1984 Lincoln County cold case

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

TROY, Mo. - A break in a decades-old Missouri cold case, as Lincoln County authorities announced the successful identification of human remains found in 1984.Thanks to technological breakthroughs in forensic DNA testing and analysis by anthropology students at Southeast Missouri State University and a private lab, the remains have been identified as Jack Langeneckert of Florissant, Missouri.Langeneckert's remains were found inside a pump house on a farm near Highway F in June 1984.Anyone with information on Langeneckert's disappearance should contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 636-528-8546 or Detective Alyssa Erson at [email protected]. Anonymous tips may also be submitted through the sheriff's office website.This is a developing news story and is being updated.

Why St. Louis had an 'ocean of fog' Wednesday morning

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- A dense fog bank lined the Mississippi riverfront at St. Louis Wednesday morning. Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX Helicopter captured epic images of the Gateway Arch before a sea of clouds. The FOX 2 photographer in the helicopter, Doug Larson, says that this is a rare sight to see. The weather phenomenon only happens a few times a year, in the spring and in the fall.Meteorologist John Fuller explains that what we saw this morning is called radiation fog. It is also known as ground fog or valley fog. It happens when there is a clear sky, little wind, and high humidity. The fog is produced when the air near the ground is cooled to saturation. Trending: EPA finds radioactive contamination in more areas of West Lake Landfill The conditions were right along the Mississippi River at St. Louis to create this epic fog bank Wednesday. Larson says it is not something he often sees on his daily flights over St. Louis. In this case, the chilly river water was cooling the humi...

Rockies podcast: Best-case and worst-case scenarios for 2023 ahead of Colorado’s Opening Day in San Diego

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

In this packed edition of the On The Rox podcast, Denver Post sportswriters Kyle Newman and Patrick Saunders give their best-case and worst-case scenarios for the Rockies’ 2023 season ahead of Thursday’s Opening Day in San Diego.Will the Rockies have enough starting pitching depth to stay afloat? What can fans expect out of Kris Bryant after a lost debut season in LoDo last year? Does the bullpen have enough talent to hold up over a long summer?These questions are addressed, plus much more analysis and predictions for Colorado’s season.Subscribe to the podcastSoundCloud | iTunes | Stitcher | RSS

Rams coach Sean McVay: “The game is better” with Broncos’ Sean Payton back on the sideline

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:14:04 GMT

PHOENIX – The first two months of the NFL’s offseason turn into something resembling a big-top circus caravan.Much of the league sets up shop for at the Super Bowl in mid-February. Then everybody descends on Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine. The last major leg of the tour — aside from smaller offshoots like pro days and the personnel who attend the draft — is the spring ownership meetings.At Monday morning’s AFC coaches’ breakfast here, Broncos coach Sean Payton was one of the show’s biggest draws. The cameras and microphones and notebooks filled in around his table earlier and fuller than almost any other coach in the conference and perhaps as much as anybody in the league.New Arizona head coach Jonathan Gannon speaking just down the road from his team’s facility? Big crowd. New York Jets coach Robert Saleh one day and Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur the next for the latest on Aaron Rodgers’ offseason of drama? Them, too. But Payton’s return drew its full sh...