Health Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Sep 17

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Ky. Health Officials Suggest Revisions To Food Producer Fee Proposal After Blowback

Kentucky health officials are suggesting revisions to a proposed regulation that would have dramatically increased food safety inspection fees for some small food producers. Department officials said they received hundreds of public comments on the proposal with concerns about fee increases and they now plan to limit fees according to a producer’s income. Kentucky Cabinet […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Sep 17

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Ky. Health Officials Suggest Revisions To Food Producer Fee Proposal After Blowback

By Liam Niemeyer

Sep 14

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White House Task Force Doctor Stops In Lexington To Discuss College Coronavirus Cases

White House-appointed Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx visited the Lexington campus of the University of Kentucky on Monday as concerns grow over an escalating number of positive cases on campuses around the region. Dr. Birx met with students, faculty and administrators on the UK campus, which has more than 400 active COVID-19 cases, 86 […]

By Corinne Boyer

Sep 14

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White House Task Force Doctor Stops In Lexington To Discuss College Coronavirus Cases

Corinne Boyer

Sep 11

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Remembering A Miner Who Personified Coal’s Contributions And Costs

Charles Wayne Stanley ran underground mining machines for some 20 years, cutting coal from beneath the hills where Virginia meets Kentucky along the Cumberland ridge. He spent another decade as a roof bolter, work that kept the rock above from falling in on his fellow miners. Stanley was 53 when the Ohio Valley ReSource and […]

By Jeff Young

Sep 11

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Remembering A Miner Who Personified Coal’s Contributions And Costs

Jeff Young

Sep 4

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College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic

The first day of classes at Ohio University is subdued this year. A few students walk across the Athens, Ohio, campus wearing masks. A group sits, socially distanced, on blankets on the green. The university opted to bring back roughly 2,000 students to campus for the first weeks of the semester due to coronavirus concerns. […]

By Aaron Payne

Sep 4

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College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic

Aaron Payne

Aug 27

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A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens

Tina Ryan knows the hallways of East Calloway Elementary better than most. Besides working as a school nurse here for 20 years, Ryan, who is 55, was also a student here herself. “I’m probably one of the older ones here as far as staff and things. Or maybe the oldest one here,” she said with […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Aug 27

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A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens

Liam Niemeyer

Aug 21

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Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says

The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them vulnerable to the coronavirus. That’s according to an August 14 letter from Department of Labor Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Wheeler to West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. MSHA can issue emergency temporary standards […]

By Sydney Boles

Aug 21

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Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says

Sydney Boles

Jul 28

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Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday. Through interviews with MSHA officials and union representatives, as well as reviews of state and national policies, the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General […]

By Sydney Boles

Jul 28

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Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds

Sydney Boles

Jul 19

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Surging Coronavirus Cases Threaten To Derail Reopening In Ohio Valley

At the Community Farmers Market in Bowling Green, Kentucky, vendors and shoppers are adjusting to the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. That includes wearing face coverings, maintaining distance, and taking other precautions to avoid spreading the virus. Market manager Susan Warrell said their first days under the state’s recent mask mandate were a challenge, […]

By Aaron Payne

Jul 19

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Surging Coronavirus Cases Threaten To Derail Reopening In Ohio Valley

Aaron Payne

Jul 19

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Q&A: Pandemic Expert on Ohio Valley Mask Orders, School Reopening

Dr. Gerald Keusch is a professor of medicine and international health at Boston University, and the director of the Collaborative Research Core at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory. He answered your questions back in April, and joined us again to discuss masking orders, school reopening, and the politicization of science. The conversation has been […]

By Sydney Boles

Jul 19

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Q&A: Pandemic Expert on Ohio Valley Mask Orders, School Reopening

Sydney Boles

Jul 9

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West KY TV Station Tells Employees They Need Permission To Get Coronavirus Tests

A west Kentucky television station manager told his employees they need his permission before getting tested for coronavirus, after an employee at the station tested positive for infection by the virus. Some employees of the station’s parent company, Paxton Media Group, say that policy discourages them from getting a test. Health and legal experts say […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Jul 9

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West KY TV Station Tells Employees They Need Permission To Get Coronavirus Tests

Liam Niemeyer