Aug 17 Health Rural Risk: Mobile Clinics Help Tackle Multifaceted Opioid Crisis In a room at the Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg, Kentucky, about 20 people are learning how to use naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication. Among them is 18-year-old Morgan Hopkins. An aspiring therapist, Hopkins said she wants to be ready with naloxone if someone overdoses around her. “You never know what you’re going […] By Aaron Payne Aug 17 Health Rural Risk: Mobile Clinics Help Tackle Multifaceted Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Jul 27 Health Infection And Inequality: How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak Jim Thacker is frustrated. The spokesperson for the Madison County, Kentucky, Health Department said there is a real threat of a Hepatitis A outbreak at the detention center right down the road in Richmond. Built to house about 240 inmates, it holds more than 400. “It’s like a petri dish, they are packed so close […] By Mary Meehan Jul 27 Health Infection And Inequality: How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak 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
Apr 27 Health Regional Hep A Outbreak Linked To Ohio Valley Addiction Crisis A Hepatitis A outbreak growing in the Louisville area since last summer reached a new peak recently with a travel advisory from Indiana health officials. They told Hoosiers heading to Kentucky to get a Hep A vaccine. Soon, Kentucky’s Acting Commissioner for Public Health Dr. Jeffrey Howard was pushing back. “Let me say that it […] By Mary Meehan Apr 27 Health Regional Hep A Outbreak Linked To Ohio Valley Addiction Crisis Mary Meehan
Mar 30 Health Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange Greg Lee, Kentucky’s HIV/AIDS educator, starts the town hall on a somber note. “How many people in this room know someone who has died of an overdose death?” It is a standing-room only crowd. Most hands go up. “Amazing,” he says, sadly. The meeting is at the Bourbon County Public Health Department, just next to […] By Mary Meehan Mar 30 Health Exchange of Ideas: How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange Mary Meehan