Health Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Apr 19

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Cannabis Economy: With Medical Marijuana, Ohio’s Meigs County Hopes To Cash In On “Golden” Opportunity

Meigs County, Ohio, has a complicated history with marijuana. “Meigs County Gold” has been grown illegally for years. Local legend has it that was the strain of choice for musicians like the Grateful Dead and Willie Nelson when they toured Ohio. But for Meigs County Commissioner Randy Smith, that isn’t a source of pride. Instead […]

By Aaron Payne

Apr 19

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Cannabis Economy: With Medical Marijuana, Ohio’s Meigs County Hopes To Cash In On “Golden” Opportunity

By Aaron Payne

Apr 17

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Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday more than a dozen indictments against doctors in the Ohio Valley on charges relating to the illegal distribution of opioids. These are the first major indictments from the Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force, which started work in December. “The opioid epidemic is the deadliest drug crisis […]

By Aaron Payne

Apr 17

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Federal Opioid Strikeforce Indicts More Than A Dozen Ohio Valley Doctors

Aaron Payne

Apr 12

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CBD Uncertainty: Sales Soar But Science Lags On Hemp Health Effects

Inside the Bluegrass Hemp Oil store in Lexington, Kentucky, the CBD oils and lotions lining the walls have an origin story — a story of a family’s struggle. “We took a huge risk, to be perfectly honest, because we didn’t know. We weren’t trying other people’s CBD products that were out there,” Bluegrass Hemp Oil […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Apr 12

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CBD Uncertainty: Sales Soar But Science Lags On Hemp Health Effects

Liam Niemeyer

Apr 9

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Coal Community Residents Again Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal

Residents of Appalachian coal communities told a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday that the controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal should be halted until its health effects are better studied. Late in the Obama administration the National Academy of Sciences launched a study into the health effects for communities near mountaintop removal coal mines. Donna Branham […]

By Jeff Young

Apr 9

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Coal Community Residents Again Ask Congress For Health Study Of Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Young

Apr 3

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ARC Funds Addiction Treatment For Women In Rural Kentucky And Ohio

The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded more than two million dollars to expand addiction treatment and recovery resources for women in rural regions of the Ohio Valley hit hard by the opioid crisis. Ohio University received $1,100,000 for the Appalachian Recovery Project in Athens County, Ohio. WestCare Kentucky, Inc., received $1,136,000 for the Judi Patton […]

By Aaron Payne

Apr 3

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ARC Funds Addiction Treatment For Women In Rural Kentucky And Ohio

Aaron Payne

Mar 22

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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

Aaron Payne

Mar 20

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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

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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

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Federal Prosecutor Adds Charges In Kentucky Coal Dust Fraud Case

Becca Schimmel