Mar 20 Health Report Links Housing To Health A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation confirms the significant health challenges in the Ohio Valley, including premature deaths. It also lays out the often overlooked connection between health and housing. The report presents a county-by-county breakdown of health outcomes and reveals significant gaps between the healthiest counties and the least healthy counties. […] By Mary Meehan Mar 20 Health Report Links Housing To Health Mary Meehan
Dec 10 Health Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects Jason Walker spends $50 per month on bottled water. He spends three hours each week standing by the small stream that runs near his house, pumping creek water into a thousand-gallon tank. “You have to catch the creek at the right time, when it’s clear,” Walker said. “Whatever you pump, whatever the creek looks like, […] By Sydney Boles Dec 10 Health Digging For Answers: New Report Points To Industry Obfuscation Of Mining’s Health Effects Sydney Boles
Dec 21 Energy & Environment Private Money To Pay For Mining Study Trump Administration Had Stopped The prestigious National Academy of Sciences is pursuing private funding to complete a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining after the Trump administration ordered a halt to the scientific work. The panel of scientists assembled by the National Academies was months into a study of the health effects of surface mining […] By Jeff Young Dec 21 Energy & Environment Private Money To Pay For Mining Study Trump Administration Had Stopped Jeff Young
Aug 21 Energy & Environment Trump Administration Halts Mining Health Study The Trump administration’s Department of the Interior has asked the National Academy of Sciences to suspend research into the health effects of mountaintop removal coal mining. A team from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine was established last year for a two-year study. The committee has been conducting hearings and investigating accumulating science […] By Glynis Board Aug 21 Energy & Environment Trump Administration Halts Mining Health Study Glynis Board
Apr 28 Health Bright Spots: Positive Outliers In A Region Plagued By Poor Health By most measures, health outcomes in the Ohio Valley region are not very good, with many parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia ranking near the bottom among states. But a team of health researchers may have found a few places within the region that stand out. They see them as potential “bright spots” — […] By Aaron Payne Apr 28 Health Bright Spots: Positive Outliers In A Region Plagued By Poor Health Aaron Payne
Apr 28 Health Potential Bright Spots By Alexandra Kanik Apr 28 Health Potential Bright Spots Alexandra Kanik
Apr 25 Health Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA The Association of Health Care Journalists singled out the Ohio Valley ReSource for “some fine multimedia work on rural health and Affordable Care Act” changes. The ReSource’s recent series on what changes to the ACA might mean for the Ohio Valley region provided “a nice mix of narrative and policy,” according to AHJC’s Joanne Kenen […] By Jeff Young Apr 25 Health Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA Jeff Young
Mar 7 Health National Academy Mining Health Study Underway A committee with National Academy of Sciences has started work on a study of the health effects of surface mining in central Appalachia. The eleven-member panel gathered in Washington, D.C., to hear about earlier research on how mining affects nearby residents. Bill Orem of the U.S. Geological Survey was among those who addressed the […] By Benny Becker Mar 7 Health National Academy Mining Health Study Underway Benny Becker
Feb 3 Health Born Addicted: The Race To Treat The Ohio Valley’s Drug-Affected Babies She asked to not be identified. And it’s understandable given the stigma attached to addiction. For this story, we’ll call her “Mary.” Mary lives in eastern Kentucky and has struggled with an addiction that began with painkillers and progressed to heroin. “As soon as I opened my eyes, I had to get it,” Mary said. […] By Aaron Payne Feb 3 Health Born Addicted: The Race To Treat The Ohio Valley’s Drug-Affected Babies Aaron Payne
Jan 20 Health Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control offers a stark example of the declining power of medicine’s most important weapons against infectious disease. The CDC noted that a patient who died at a Nevada hospital last year had an infection that was resistant to 26 different antibiotic treatments. That’s essentially the entire antibiotic arsenal […] By Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin Jan 20 Health Stopping Superbug: A New Farm Rule Targets Antibiotic Resistance Lisa Gillespie and Nicole Erwin