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Mar 25 Health Ohio Valley Facing Pandemic With A Health System Hollowed Out By Hospital Closures As new cases of coronavirus mount in the Ohio Valley, health officials are bracing for an onslaught of patients and what could be unprecedented demand for beds, medical staff and specialized equipment. Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia have disproportionately high rates of people vulnerable to serious illness from COVID-19. But the region’s capacity to treat […] By Liam Niemeyer Mar 25 Health Ohio Valley Facing Pandemic With A Health System Hollowed Out By Hospital Closures Liam Niemeyer
Mar 18 Health Ohio Valley Automakers Hit Brakes To Limit Coronavirus Transmission Automakers across the Ohio Valley are temporarily closing their plants in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That includes the big three U.S. automakers — Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler — and Toyota. In a release, GM said it will be suspending manufacturing in North America due to market conditions and to deep clean facilities. […] By Becca Schimmel Mar 18 Health Ohio Valley Automakers Hit Brakes To Limit Coronavirus Transmission Becca Schimmel
Mar 13 Health “We Can’t Get To Everybody”: Hospital Closures, Underfunded Health Centers Hinder Coronavirus Response Local public health departments and hospitals are on the front lines of facing the coronavirus throughout the Ohio Valley, yet the health professionals who run these facilities say years of underfunding and hospital closures have diminished these services that now face the crisis. Dan Brown, a former councilman for the riverside village of Bellaire, Ohio, […] By Liam Niemeyer Mar 13 Health “We Can’t Get To Everybody”: Hospital Closures, Underfunded Health Centers Hinder Coronavirus Response Liam Niemeyer
Mar 13 Health Coronavirus School Closures Send Teachers, Parents Scrambling To Adjust School systems across the Ohio Valley are responding to the coronavirus pandemic by canceling face-to-face classes and extending spring breaks. That’s left teachers, administrators and parents scrambling to meet the unexpected challenges to care for, feed, and educate children while they are away from school. Ashley Blankenship has two school-age children in Athens, Ohio. One […] By Becca Schimmel and Sydney Boles Mar 13 Health Coronavirus School Closures Send Teachers, Parents Scrambling To Adjust Becca Schimmel and Sydney Boles
Mar 10 Health Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat College administrators around the region are weighing their options as the novel coronavirus pandemic makes the lectures, events and dormitories of campus life potential means of transmission of the highly infectious virus. Several schools are opting for distance learning and suspending in-person classes. The Ohio Valley ReSource and its partner stations will update this story […] By Jeff Young Mar 10 Health Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat Jeff Young
Mar 1 Health Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction “You seen that one with the tombstone up there?” seven-year-old Timothy Easterling asks, looking toward the grass just uphill from his home. “That’s my papaw.” Timothy’s grandfather Chet Blankenship died in 2016, at age 69. Blankenship lived on land he and his family have long owned at the end of a road atop Bradshaw Mountain […] By Benny Becker Mar 1 Health Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells And The Legacy Of Fossil Fuel Extraction Benny Becker