Mar 16 Coronavirus A Pandemic Year: See How COVID-19 Spread In The Ohio Valley The past year inflicted devastating pain across the Ohio Valley as more than 25,000 people in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia died due to COVID-19 and more than 1.5 million people contracted the virus. Low-income families, women and people of color bore an unequal brunt of the economic challenges caused by the shutdowns, more so […] By Suhail Bhat Mar 16 Coronavirus A Pandemic Year: See How COVID-19 Spread In The Ohio Valley Suhail Bhat
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Dec 23 Coronavirus Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis New federal data shows the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the country’s deadliest 12-month period for drug overdose fatalities, including a sharp increase in overdose deaths in the Ohio Valley. According to the latest data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 81,000 people died due to drug overdoses in the 12 […] By Suhail Bhat Dec 23 Coronavirus Overdose Deaths Hit New Highs As Pandemic Worsens Opioid Crisis Suhail Bhat
Oct 14 Health Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained Kentucky’s Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack on Tuesday announced some changes in how the state will gauge the spread of COVID-19 after the state came off a week that saw a surge in cases largely driven by infections in rural counties. While the commissioner’s plan does take cues from the models used by many states […] By Suhail Bhat Oct 14 Health Why Kentucky Is Changing Some COVID-19 Data: The Positivity Rate Explained Suhail Bhat
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
May 28 Economy Questions And Anxiety Mount Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety As More Businesses Reopen Gail Fleck is a school cafeteria worker in the greater Cincinnati area and lives with her 90-year-old father. She loves her job because she gets to work with kids. But she is worried she won’t be able to keep her dad safe if her work exposes her to the coronavirus and she unknowingly brings it […] By Becca Schimmel May 28 Economy Questions And Anxiety Mount Over COVID-19 Workplace Safety As More Businesses Reopen Becca Schimmel
Jul 17 Health New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales Two newly released sets of government data show that the death toll from the nation’s opioid crisis may finally be dropping and also reveal the scale of the pain pill sales that help set the crisis in motion. The data for the Ohio Valley show how hard the region was hit and how hard people […] By Aaron Payne Jul 17 Health New Data Show Opioid Deaths May Have Peaked, And Reveal Scale Of Past Pain Pill Sales Aaron Payne
Apr 26 Health Amid Measles Outbreaks, Debate Grows Over Religious Exemptions From Vaccination Toni Wilkinson has seven children, three of them under six, and all of them home-schooled. So her house on a Lexington, Kentucky, cul-de-sac is rarely quiet. Just inside the front door are bins filled with shoes, piles of jackets on a long bench. Across the room is the family library, crammed with school books. Crowded […] By Mary Meehan Apr 26 Health Amid Measles Outbreaks, Debate Grows Over Religious Exemptions From Vaccination Mary Meehan
Jul 20 Health Battling An Outbreak: Businesses And Health Officials Respond As Ohio Valley’s Hep A Cases Climb The low rumble of industrial fans fills the Catholic Action Center in Lexington, a shelter that provides meals and other services for homeless people. It’s mid-morning on a hot July day and dozens of people sit camped on couches in the entryway, or slouch at tables nearby. Despite the fans the air is stale from […] By Mary Meehan Jul 20 Health Battling An Outbreak: Businesses And Health Officials Respond As Ohio Valley’s Hep A Cases Climb Mary Meehan