The opioid crisis is sweeping Wisconsin, and La Crosse is not immune. In 2021, there were 34 overdose deaths in La Crosse, according to the county’s...
This year, La Crosse County has had 32 drug overdose deaths, more than double the number of drug deaths in 2019, and more than any other...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — There have been more than twice as many suspected opioid overdoses in Wisconsin during the coronavirus pandemic than during the same period...
Oklahoma’s $572 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson will likely be followed by more trials and legal settlements seeking to hold a drug company accountable for...
You are now more likely from overdose on opioids than die in a car accident. That’s according to a new report from the National Safety Council....
The long-running federal court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering...
One La Crosse judge is speaking out about the opioid epidemic. Judge Ramona Gonzalez deals with many drug cases, including one Tuesday, when she sentenced Mathew...
Some community leaders in La Crosse, and people active in recovery programs, are promoting anti-addiction efforts by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Baldwin, a Democrat from La...
The opioid epidemic might be having another negative consequence, the death rates for those diagnosed with liver cancer. The CDC released a study that showed just...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is running for re-election this year in Wisconsin, opened up Tuesday about her mother’s mental illness and prescription...
TOMAH, Wis. (AP) — A Veterans Affairs hospital in Wisconsin is using nontraditional therapies for pain and mental health as officials seek to address problems with...
La Crosse not directly involved in 1st trial planned for March
A local emergency room doctor is skeptical about a study that seems to favor legalizing marijuana. The study, recently put out by the journal JAMA Internal...
The government crackdown on opioids might be having an unintended consequence. Hospitals are now having issues supplying drugs like fentanyl and dilaudid, used during surgeries and...
The conversation about what to do with soaring prescriptions drug prices began Wednesday in Minnesota. The Minnesota AARP is holding forums leading up to when the...
It’s not a one-size-fits-all solution Paul Krupski was recently named as Director of Opioid initiatives for the Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services. He spoke at the...
Pregnant women affected by opiate abuse was the focus of the Wisconsin Heroin Task Force this month. OBGYN Charles Schauberger of Gundersen Health System in La...
La Crosse County may a month away from deciding whether to join a nationwide lawsuit against drug companies that sell opioids. La Crosse’s executive committee is...
Fentanyl isn’t necessarily public enemy No. 1 but its getting there. A new measure in Washington aims to put a smackdown on the illegal drug by...
Gundersen doctor says give it time
