Health Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Mar 22

Health

HHS Provides Additional Funding to Expand Addiction Treatment

The Ohio Valley has received nearly $60 million in additional federal funds to help combat the opioid epidemic. Kentucky received $16,431,436, Ohio $29,122,692 and West Virginia $14,630,361. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the funds as a supplement to the first-year State Opioid Response, or SOR, grant awards. “This funding will […]

By Aaron Payne

Mar 22

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HHS Provides Additional Funding to Expand Addiction Treatment

By Aaron Payne

Mar 20

Health

Report Links Housing To Health

A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation confirms the significant health challenges in the Ohio Valley, including premature deaths. It also lays out the often overlooked connection between health and housing. The report presents a county-by-county breakdown of health outcomes and reveals significant gaps between the healthiest counties and the least healthy counties. […]

By Mary Meehan

Mar 20

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Report Links Housing To Health

Mary Meehan

Mar 1

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Serving Survivors: In Rural States, Telemedicine Brings Treatment For Sexual Abuse

Gillette, Wyoming, isn’t the kind of place you just happen to come across. “It’s about a four hour drive through vast, unimpacted, wide, sweeping plains,” said Matt Gray, a professor at University of Wyoming in Laramie, explaining the trek from his office to his clients. Plains, he said, “and lots and lots of antelope.” For […]

By Mary Meehan

Mar 1

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Serving Survivors: In Rural States, Telemedicine Brings Treatment For Sexual Abuse

Mary Meehan

Mar 1

Health

Defendant Wants To Change Plea In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

One of the Kentucky mine workers charged in a coal dust fraud case last year wants to change his “not guilty” plea to “guilty,” a possible indication that the defendant will cooperate with prosecutors in the case. Court documents show defendant Ron Ivy, a former employee of Armstrong Coal, is scheduled to change his plea […]

By Becca Schimmel

Mar 1

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Defendant Wants To Change Plea In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

Becca Schimmel

Feb 27

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Federal Prosecutor Adds Charges In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

A federal prosecutor announced new charges against a senior coal company official for conspiring to falsify the required monitoring of coal dust. The case comes amid a surge in cases of black lung disease and widespread allegations from miners that cheating on dust monitors is common in the mining industry. Western Kentucky District U.S. Attorney […]

By Becca Schimmel

Feb 27

Health

Federal Prosecutor Adds Charges In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

Becca Schimmel

Feb 21

Health

New ARC Grants Combine Economic Recovery And Addiction Recovery

The Appalachian Regional Commission announced Thursday another $22.8 million in funding to 33 projects aimed at revitalizing economies in places affected by the decline in the coal industry. The awards are the latest in the ARC’s POWER Initiative, an acronym for Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization. Congress has funded the initiative for […]

By Jeff Young and Becca Schimmel

Feb 21

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New ARC Grants Combine Economic Recovery And Addiction Recovery

Jeff Young and Becca Schimmel

Feb 20

Health

West Virginia Coal Miners Rally For Black Lung Legislation

Miners and advocates rallied Wednesday at the West Virginia Capitol in support of a series of bills aimed at preventing and treating severe black lung disease. Five bills introduced by lawmakers would make it easier to make qualify for state benefits and provide benefits to miners who have early-stage black lung. The bills come at […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 20

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West Virginia Coal Miners Rally For Black Lung Legislation

Brittany Patterson

Feb 15

Health

As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure

Sue Meeks has worked with children for years as a registered nurse. Meeks manages the family navigator program at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio. Several years ago, she started noticing three and four-year-olds coming into the program with certain distinctive behaviors. “Children that appear to be neurologically very overstimulated,” she […]

By Aaron Payne

Feb 15

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As Opioid Crisis Affects A New Generation, Experts Study Long-Term Effects Of Prenatal Exposure

Aaron Payne

Feb 14

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EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will move forward with a series of actions to regulate toxic fluorinated chemicals, including proposing drinking water limits by the end of this year. But environment and public health advocates say that timeline is unacceptably slow given the health risks and extent of contamination. In its long-awaited […]

By Brittany Patterson

Feb 14

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EPA To Limit PFAS Chemical Contaminants Found In Some Ohio Valley Water Systems

Brittany Patterson

Feb 11

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Health Experts Say Poor Practice By Company Likely Source Of Vaccination Infections

Infectious disease experts say poor practices in vaccine delivery are the likely cause of infections reported by some people who received vaccine shots at their places of employment in the Ohio Valley. Kentucky health officials are investigating a link between the infections and a private Kentucky company hired to deliver vaccinations in the workplace. Location […]

By Mary Meehan

Feb 11

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Health Experts Say Poor Practice By Company Likely Source Of Vaccination Infections

Mary Meehan