Nov 29 Health CDC Data Show Ohio Valley Still Has Nation’s Highest Overdose Death Rates New federal data show the Ohio Valley again led the nation in rates of fatal drug overdoses last year. The data confirm what local officials have reported: Synthetic opioids are fueling the increase. West Virginia had the nation’s highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in 2017 with 57.8 deaths per 100,000 people. Ohio had the […] By Aaron Payne Nov 29 Health CDC Data Show Ohio Valley Still Has Nation’s Highest Overdose Death Rates Aaron Payne
Nov 23 Health “A Failure Of Public Health.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rise As Health Budgets Fall Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease, including a resurgence of some infections which had been considered rare, such as gonorrhea and syphilis. These STDs are on the rise amid cuts to public health budgets dedicated to testing, prevention, and public outreach. In the Ohio Valley, for example, a review of state and […] By Mary Meehan Nov 23 Health “A Failure Of Public Health.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases Rise As Health Budgets Fall Mary Meehan
Nov 15 Health In Kentucky, Deregulation And Worker Safety Collide Business owner and political candidate Matt Bevin expressed disdain for OSHA regulations. Then, he became governor of Kentucky. Read this story, part of the series Fatal Flaws, an investigation by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, the Ohio Valley ReSource, and The Center for Public Integrity. By Eleanor Klibanoff Nov 15 Health In Kentucky, Deregulation And Worker Safety Collide Eleanor Klibanoff
Oct 26 Health Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races The political ads in the Ohio Valley are playing on what seems like a constant loop. That’s not unusual for election season. But what is unusual this year is how many ads focus on health care. Consider this one from Kentucky Republican Andy Barr, who’s facing a tough challenge in the 6th Congressional District from […] By Mary Meehan Oct 26 Health Healthy Debate: Ohio Valley Health Concerns Driving Competitive Midterm Races Mary Meehan
Oct 26 Health Health Factors in the Ohio Valley Region By Alexandra Kanik Oct 26 Health Health Factors in the Ohio Valley Region Alexandra Kanik
Oct 24 Health Ohio Valley Lawmakers Helped Shape Bipartisan Bill On Opioid Crisis A year after President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency, he signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday to bolster law enforcement efforts and expand addiction treatment and resources. Proponents hope the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act helps the Ohio Valley, which suffers some of the nation’s highest rates of addiction and […] By Aaron Payne Oct 24 Health Ohio Valley Lawmakers Helped Shape Bipartisan Bill On Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Oct 23 Health McConnell Hints At Action To Preserve Tax Supporting Black Lung Fund Amid a surge in cases of black lung disease, concerns are rising about the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which provides federal benefits to some coal miners with the disease. A tax that supports the fund would be cut by half at the end of the year unless Congress acts. Now Senate Majority Leader Mitch […] By Sydney Boles Oct 23 Health McConnell Hints At Action To Preserve Tax Supporting Black Lung Fund Sydney Boles
Oct 12 Health The Doctor And The Epidemic: Three Years At Ground Zero Of The Opioid Crisis When Dr. Rahul Gupta started work as West Virginia’s chief health officer his state was already ground zero for the opioid epidemic, with some of the nation’s highest rates of addiction and overdose fatalities. That was 2015, and 735 state residents died from overdoses that year. Preliminary data for 2017 show there were 1,011 […] By Aaron Payne Oct 12 Health The Doctor And The Epidemic: Three Years At Ground Zero Of The Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Sep 28 Health Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety After decades of addiction to heroin and prescription opioids, Wendy Crites finally made a clean break. “For the first time in my life I just wanted to be off of it,” she said from her home in Ranson, West Virginia. “I hit rock bottom.” Last year the ReSource profiled Crites, a single mother getting by […] By Jeff Young Sep 28 Health Driving While Recovering: For Some Fighting Addiction, A Roadblock On The Path To Sobriety Jeff Young