Aug 27 Health Recovery Through Employment: ARC Funding Makes Ohio Valley Programs Possible Jessica Stapleton was in the thralls of active addiction when she first heard of the Recovery to Work program. She had lost the trust of her family and custody of her six children. She credits the program with not only changing her life, but saving it as well. “It pretty much saved my life. I […] By Kaitlin Thorne Aug 27 Health Recovery Through Employment: ARC Funding Makes Ohio Valley Programs Possible Kaitlin Thorne
Aug 20 Health As COVID-19 Rapidly Spreads, Ohio Valley Health Departments Continue Working With The National Guard To Vaccinate People At Home On an overcast day in Louisville, two men dressed in scrubs get in a truck and leave the Jefferson County Health Department. A few minutes later, they arrive at an apartment complex. “We’re going to be in and out today,” Capt. Michael Hart with the Kentucky National Guard said as he stood in the apartment’s […] By Corinne Boyer Aug 20 Health As COVID-19 Rapidly Spreads, Ohio Valley Health Departments Continue Working With The National Guard To Vaccinate People At Home Corinne Boyer
Aug 17 Health Kentucky ICU Hospitalizations Expected To Reach Highest Point During The COVID-19 Pandemic This Week Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said ICU capacity is expected to reach its highest levels since the pandemic began later this week. On Tuesday, Beshear again warned that unvaccinated patients make up the majority of hospitalizations. “Folks, when the ICU fills up because of COVID — primarily with unvaccinated individuals — that means there is not […] By Corinne Boyer Aug 17 Health Kentucky ICU Hospitalizations Expected To Reach Highest Point During The COVID-19 Pandemic This Week Corinne Boyer
Jul 30 Health Five Months Later, Eastern Kentuckians Are Still Coping with Fallout of Spring Flooding Early on a rainy March morning in Jackson, Kentucky, Yolanda Goff found herself abandoning her trailer on Quicksand Road forever. She didn’t think the floodwater would crest so high, but when she woke that morning, it was in the yard and rising fast. She had a few minutes to salvage everything she could, get her […] By Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer Jul 30 Health Five Months Later, Eastern Kentuckians Are Still Coping with Fallout of Spring Flooding Katie Myers and Corinne Boyer
Jun 18 Health Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available, some states struggled to meet demand, including West Virginia. States administered nearly every dose in weekly shipments. But soon after eligibility expanded to everyone over 16, supplies started stacking up as vaccination rates declined. Governors across the Ohio Valley pleaded with residents to get vaccinated during weekly press […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 18 Health Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? Corinne Boyer
Jun 11 Health Beshear Lifts COVID Restrictions In Kentucky’s Final Regular Coronavirus Briefing Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear held his last regular COVID-19 briefing Friday as he signed an executive order ending COVID-19 restrictions. Beshear held what would be the first of 250 COVID-19 briefings in March, 2020, just as the threat of the pandemic was beginning. Fifteen months and more than 461,000 coronavirus cases later, on Friday, Beshear […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 11 Health Beshear Lifts COVID Restrictions In Kentucky’s Final Regular Coronavirus Briefing Corinne Boyer
Jun 1 Health Beshear Reports Additional COVID-19 Deaths Found In Kentucky Audit Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that more coronavirus deaths were found in the commonwealth’s audit of fatalities during the pandemic. Beshear said an additional 260 people died due to COVID-19 between March and October of 2020 than earlier records indicated. “That’s 220 days. So it’s going back in the midst of this pandemic and […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 1 Health Beshear Reports Additional COVID-19 Deaths Found In Kentucky Audit Corinne Boyer
May 24 Health Advocates Hope To Rein In Rising Insulin Costs In Region With Highest Diabetes Rates When Angela Lautner was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2000, she remembers the list price of insulin being approximately $25 per vial. As an airline employee, Lautner has been laid off frequently over the years. That loss of employment has disrupted her health insurance coverage, which means Lautner has struggled to pay for a […] By Corinne Boyer May 24 Health Advocates Hope To Rein In Rising Insulin Costs In Region With Highest Diabetes Rates Corinne Boyer
May 21 Health New Data Shows Ohio Valley’s Black Residents Lag In COVID Vaccination Rates Black and Hispanic Americans in the Ohio Valley are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at a lower rate than are white Americans, according to data obtained by Kaiser Health News, which offers a more detailed view of vaccination progress among different groups. The data shows that vaccination rates vary across races and ethnicities in the Ohio […] By Suhail Bhat May 21 Health New Data Shows Ohio Valley’s Black Residents Lag In COVID Vaccination Rates Suhail Bhat