Apr 26 Health Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2 million children throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia this summer. The Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program started last March to provide money to low-income families whose children […] By Liam Niemeyer Apr 26 Health Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children Liam Niemeyer
Apr 19 Health Beshear Urges More Vaccinations As New COVID Cases Hit Younger People Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear urged people to use the more than 400,000 COVID-19 vaccination appointments available as the trend of new infections skewed toward younger people. Beshear reported a dramatic difference in vaccination rates among age groups. People between ages 20 to 49 make up the majority of new COVID-19 cases, but have much lower […] By Corinne Boyer Apr 19 Health Beshear Urges More Vaccinations As New COVID Cases Hit Younger People Corinne Boyer
Apr 16 Health Vaccine Hesitancy Hovers Over Ohio Valley Efforts To Get To Herd Immunity Phyllis Gibbs wasn’t sure until recently that she’d be here, just a few moments away from receiving a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. “Do you feel sick today?” “Nope,” Gibbs said to the receptionist. “And you give consent for Pfizer to give you a shot today, correct?” “Absolutely.” Gibbs then walked over to one of […] By Liam Niemeyer , Corinne Boyer and Suhail Bhat Apr 16 Health Vaccine Hesitancy Hovers Over Ohio Valley Efforts To Get To Herd Immunity Liam Niemeyer, Corinne Boyer and Suhail Bhat
Apr 13 Health J&J Vaccine Pause Cuts Into Available Doses In The Ohio Valley State leaders around the Ohio Valley will temporarily have fewer doses of COVID-19 vaccine to distribute following the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Tuesday to pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Regional officials gave no indication that they will have shortages of vaccines as a result, but the pause on the Johnson […] By Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young Apr 13 Health J&J Vaccine Pause Cuts Into Available Doses In The Ohio Valley Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young
Apr 12 Health Kentucky Sees An Increase In COVID-19 Positivity Rate With Thousands Of Vaccination Appointments Available Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced that the state’s positivity rate is the highest it’s been in approximately a month — 3.16%. “We’ve got to be watching that. We should be wary,” Beshear said. “We should see what’s going on in other states. We should get everyone out to get vaccinated.” Beshear said the state is […] By Corinne Boyer Apr 12 Health Kentucky Sees An Increase In COVID-19 Positivity Rate With Thousands Of Vaccination Appointments Available Corinne Boyer
Apr 1 Health Biden Administration Releases Drug Control Policy Priorities After Deadliest Year For Overdoses The Biden administration released its first set of drug policy priorities Thursday after overdose deaths hit record numbers during the pandemic. Office of National Drug Control Policy Acting Director Regina LaBelle discussed the office’s seven priorities, beginning with expanding access to drug treatment services. “We’ll do this by expanding access to quality treatment and medications […] By Corinne Boyer Apr 1 Health Biden Administration Releases Drug Control Policy Priorities After Deadliest Year For Overdoses Corinne Boyer
Mar 31 Health Kentucky Opens COVID-19 Vaccinations To Everyone Over 16 Beginning April 5 Beginning Monday, April 5, everyone over age 16 will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear made the announcement during a press conference Wednesday and said the state is on track to meet President Biden’s goal of 200 million shots by his 100th day in office. “This is a good day, […] By Corinne Boyer Mar 31 Health Kentucky Opens COVID-19 Vaccinations To Everyone Over 16 Beginning April 5 Corinne Boyer
Mar 26 Health Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays Doctors hired by coal companies in black lung cases are far less likely to diagnose the disease in X-rays than are independent doctors or those who are hired by coal miners, a new study has concluded, pointing to conflicts of interest in the system that sick miners use to receive assistance. The doctors who worked […] By Curtis Tate Mar 26 Health Study Shows Bias, Conflicts Of Interest Among Doctors Who Read Black Lung X-rays Curtis Tate
Mar 19 Health Kentucky Changes Its Vaccine Policy After Questions About Prioritizing People With Disabilities UPDATE: After this story was published, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear addressed the vaccine status for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during his coronavirus briefing on Monday, March 22. “To clarify questions that were asked last week, all individuals with intellectual or behavioral conditions are eligible to get the vaccine in 1c right now, and […] By Corinne Boyer Mar 19 Health Kentucky Changes Its Vaccine Policy After Questions About Prioritizing People With Disabilities Corinne Boyer