Health Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Aug 16

Health

HIV Infection “Clusters” Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs

Health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, say a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That’s in a city that usually sees about eight HIV infections in a year. As with an earlier such cluster in northern Kentucky, officials say the primary cause of infection is needle drug use. Health officials say […]

By Mary Meehan

Aug 16

Health

HIV Infection “Clusters” Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs

By Mary Meehan

Jul 31

Health

ARC Awards Grant To Help Pave Road To Addiction Recovery

The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded a major grant to what it calls an innovative pilot program for a region hit hard by the addiction crisis. The goal is to help people struggling with addiction get on the road to treatment, recovery, and – ultimately – employment. People with substance use disorders can have trouble […]

By Aaron Payne

Jul 31

Health

ARC Awards Grant To Help Pave Road To Addiction Recovery

Aaron Payne

Jul 25

Health

How A Proposed SNAP Eligibility Revision Could Affect Ohio Valley Recipients

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week a proposal to tighten the rules on who qualifies for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). USDA estimates more than three million people across the country would lose SNAP benefits in an effort to prevent fraud. Anti-hunger advocates in the Ohio Valley say the […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Jul 25

Health

How A Proposed SNAP Eligibility Revision Could Affect Ohio Valley Recipients

Liam Niemeyer

Jul 23

Health

As Disabled Miners Hit D.C., Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Fund Black Lung Benefits

Democratic members of Congress introduced legislation Tuesday to provide additional funding for coal miners suffering from black lung. The bills came as a contingent of Appalachian miners afflicted with the disease lobbied lawmakers for more support. “It doesn’t only take your health. It takes your identity,” Barry Johnson said of the disease. Johnson is a […]

By Sydney Boles

Jul 23

Health

As Disabled Miners Hit D.C., Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Fund Black Lung Benefits

Sydney Boles

Jul 19

Health

Coal Miners To Hit Capitol Hill For Black Lung Funding

Dozens of Appalachian coal miners plan to visit Capitol Hill Tuesday to ask lawmakers to bolster funding for the black lung disability trust fund, which miners depend upon when no responsible company can be identified to pay for needed health care. The fund is already billions of dollars in debt, and that will likely grow […]

By Sydney Boles

Jul 19

Health

Coal Miners To Hit Capitol Hill For Black Lung Funding

Sydney Boles

Jul 17

Health

New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales

Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill sales that help set the crisis in motion. The data for the Ohio Valley show how hard the region was hit and how hard people […]

By Aaron Payne

Jul 17

Health

New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales

Aaron Payne

Jul 12

Health

New Prescription: Ohio Valley Native Dr. Patrice Harris Is First Black Woman To Lead AMA

Dr. Patrice Harris took the oath in June to become the first African-American woman to serve as president of the powerful American Medical Association, the largest professional association for physicians in the United States. Harris also brings another unique perspective to the job as someone who grew up in rural Appalachia. “I was born and […]

By Aaron Payne

Jul 12

Health

New Prescription: Ohio Valley Native Dr. Patrice Harris Is First Black Woman To Lead AMA

Aaron Payne

Jun 28

Health

My Cold Kentucky Home: Coal Country Turning To Solar As Heating And Housing Costs Climb

Joe Oliver and Tony Brown peered into the dark crawl space beneath a Letcher County, Kentucky, home. Already, they could see problems. The crawl space had been blocked off with just a thin sheet of plywood; the posts supporting the house rested on uneven blobs of poured concrete; the whole place reeked of mold. A […]

By Sydney Boles

Jun 28

Health

My Cold Kentucky Home: Coal Country Turning To Solar As Heating And Housing Costs Climb

Sydney Boles

Jun 21

Health

“They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges

Charles “Country” Bowers takes long, quick strides down a worn dirt path and is soon in front of a thicket of bushes made deep and tall by spring rains. He’s leading me on a tour of camps made by homeless people in wooded corners of Fayette County, Kentucky. He stops and lifts a hand to […]

By Mary Meehan

Jun 21

Health

“They Are Invisible.” Rural Homelessness, Made Worse By Opioid Crisis, Presents Special Challenges

Mary Meehan

Jun 19

Health

As Congressional Panel Focuses On Black Lung, Miners Health Advocates Urge Stronger Health Protections

A Congressional panel heard testimony and had some sharp questions Thursday about the epidemic of black lung disease among Appalachian miners. Labor leaders are calling on federal regulators to strengthen protections for miners and several lawmakers wanted to know why the country’s top mine safety agency is not doing more in response to the dramatic […]

By Sydney Boles

Jun 19

Health

As Congressional Panel Focuses On Black Lung, Miners Health Advocates Urge Stronger Health Protections

Sydney Boles