Sep 4 Health College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic The first day of classes at Ohio University is subdued this year. A few students walk across the Athens, Ohio, campus wearing masks. A group sits, socially distanced, on blankets on the green. The university opted to bring back roughly 2,000 students to campus for the first weeks of the semester due to coronavirus concerns. […] By Aaron Payne Sep 4 Health College Towns Feel Financial Impact Of Pandemic Aaron Payne
Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Tina Ryan knows the hallways of East Calloway Elementary better than most. Besides working as a school nurse here for 20 years, Ryan, who is 55, was also a student here herself. “I’m probably one of the older ones here as far as staff and things. Or maybe the oldest one here,” she said with […] By Liam Niemeyer Aug 27 Health A Kentucky School Nurse Faces The Pandemic As Her “Hotspot” District Reopens Liam Niemeyer
Aug 21 Health Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says The Mine Safety and Health Administration is declining to issue an emergency temporary standard that could protect coal miners whose jobs make them vulnerable to the coronavirus. That’s according to an August 14 letter from Department of Labor Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Wheeler to West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. MSHA can issue emergency temporary standards […] By Sydney Boles Aug 21 Health Mine Safety Officials Won’t Do More to Protect Coal Miners from COVID-19, Letter Says Sydney Boles
Jul 28 Health Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect coal miners during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from an oversight agency released Tuesday. Through interviews with MSHA officials and union representatives, as well as reviews of state and national policies, the Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General […] By Sydney Boles Jul 28 Health Mine Safety Agency Should Do More to Protect Coal Miners in the Pandemic, Oversight Office Finds Sydney Boles
Jul 19 Health Surging Coronavirus Cases Threaten To Derail Reopening In Ohio Valley At the Community Farmers Market in Bowling Green, Kentucky, vendors and shoppers are adjusting to the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. That includes wearing face coverings, maintaining distance, and taking other precautions to avoid spreading the virus. Market manager Susan Warrell said their first days under the state’s recent mask mandate were a challenge, […] By Aaron Payne Jul 19 Health Surging Coronavirus Cases Threaten To Derail Reopening In Ohio Valley Aaron Payne
Jul 19 Health Q&A: Pandemic Expert on Ohio Valley Mask Orders, School Reopening Dr. Gerald Keusch is a professor of medicine and international health at Boston University, and the director of the Collaborative Research Core at BU’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory. He answered your questions back in April, and joined us again to discuss masking orders, school reopening, and the politicization of science. The conversation has been […] By Sydney Boles Jul 19 Health Q&A: Pandemic Expert on Ohio Valley Mask Orders, School Reopening Sydney Boles
Jul 9 Health West KY TV Station Tells Employees They Need Permission To Get Coronavirus Tests A west Kentucky television station manager told his employees they need his permission before getting tested for coronavirus, after an employee at the station tested positive for infection by the virus. Some employees of the station’s parent company, Paxton Media Group, say that policy discourages them from getting a test. Health and legal experts say […] By Liam Niemeyer Jul 9 Health West KY TV Station Tells Employees They Need Permission To Get Coronavirus Tests Liam Niemeyer
Jul 9 Health KY Judge Strikes Down Beshear’s Coronavirus Health Orders For Some Farm Businesses A Kentucky judge’s ruling Thursday limits Gov. Andy Beshear’s authority to issue emergency orders mandating coronavirus safety measures — a ruling Beshear called “dangerous and devastating” and promptly pledged to appeal. Scott Circuit Court Judge Brian Privett issued a temporary restraining order preventing Beshear’s administration from enforcing COVID-19 restrictions for the state’s 548 agritourism businesses. […] By Liam Niemeyer Jul 9 Health KY Judge Strikes Down Beshear’s Coronavirus Health Orders For Some Farm Businesses Liam Niemeyer
Jul 2 Health Masking Questions: How Pandemic Health Measures Became Politicized Health officials and researchers say the science is clear: face masks can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Yet in the Ohio Valley, not all elected officials are in agreement on whether to mandate measures such as the use of face masks in public places. In April, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine initially announced […] By Liam Niemeyer Jul 2 Health Masking Questions: How Pandemic Health Measures Became Politicized Liam Niemeyer