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A bike club on Buffalo’s East Side is prepping for the warmer months with an E-Bike library situated in the heart of Buffalo’s East Side. WBFO’s Thomas O'Neil-White has more on the E-Bike Library and the importance of cycling advocacy in neighborhoods east of Main Street.
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The closing of a prominent Buffalo pain doctor's clinic several years ago raised questions. But forgotten in the mix was what happened to his chronic pain patients, that came to him with a legitimate concern? The aftermath of Dr. Eugene Gosy's clinic closure has highlighted the challenges Americans face in getting chronic pain treatment while our country confronts the opioid epidemic.
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Monkeypox has been causing a lot of stress and confusion as people share both fact and fiction on social media.
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The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.
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While New York State has legalized recreational adult use of marijuana, there are still many regulations and rules that users, growers, and businesses need to know. Guests attending a public forum Thursday at the University at Buffalo heard advice from researchers and business owners about the do's and don’ts of legal pot.
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Dr. Nancy Nielsen offers perspective on the recent surge of the Omicron subvariant BA.5
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The age of the accused gunman in May’s Buffalo supermarket mass shooting has renewed conversations and debate about suitable punishment for a defendant of that age. Recent criminal justice reforms and gun control legislation take into consideration human brain development, indicating that young people may be legal adults, but not fully mature.
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Abortion may be legal in New York State, but the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade has caused a bidding war over an empty lot next to a Buffalo abortion clinic, where protesters frequent.
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Doctors can settle where they want to live and practice. There is a national shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists and serious issues in women's health in many places. The OBGYN chair at the Jacobs School of Medicine worries new doctors in the field may avoid many states where they are desperately needed but where there are restrictions on what they can do.
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With COVID safety protocols rescinding around the country, many are returning to a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. But disabled and immunocompromised people can't do so, and are being left behind.
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At nursing homes across Western New York this week, workers clad in purple shirts and equipped with yellow flags can be found marching and chanting. Their biggest ask? A $15 starting rate for those who repair, cook and clean for the facilities.
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Tops Markets is set to reopen its Jefferson Avenue store Friday morning, just over two months after a racially motivated mass shooting took place there. In the meantime, grassroots efforts are underway in an attempt to convince one of its competitors to consider building an East Buffalo store to help address an existing food desert.