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
Feb 16 Health Painful Lessons: Using Data On Overdose Deaths To Combat Opioid Crisis The Ohio Valley’s numbers on the opioid crisis are grim, especially so in West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest rate of overdose deaths. But those numbers could give health workers the ability to identify people at risk of drug overdose and then reach them before they die. That’s what researchers from the West Virginia […] By Aaron Payne Feb 16 Health Painful Lessons: Using Data On Overdose Deaths To Combat Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne
Oct 27 Health Opioid Emergency: How Trump’s Plan Will — And Won’t — Help The Ohio Valley As bad as the opioid epidemic is across the nation, it is even worse here in the Ohio Valley. Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia collectively have a rate of opioid-related deaths that is more than twice the national average. Last year 5,306 people died from opioid overdoses in the three states — 15 deaths a […] By Aaron Payne Oct 27 Health Opioid Emergency: How Trump’s Plan Will — And Won’t — Help The Ohio Valley Aaron Payne
Sep 29 Health Opioid Lawsuits in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia By Alexandra Kanik Sep 29 Health Opioid Lawsuits in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia Alexandra Kanik
Sep 6 Health Waiting For A Plan: No Action On Opioid Crisis Nearly A Month After Trump’s “Emergency” It’s been nearly one month since President Trump told a group of reporters he was declaring the opioid crisis a national emergency. “The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I am saying, officially, right now, it is an emergency,” the president said at his golf resort in New Jersey on August 10. But in the […] By Aaron Payne Sep 6 Health Waiting For A Plan: No Action On Opioid Crisis Nearly A Month After Trump’s “Emergency” Aaron Payne
Aug 8 Health Trump Ignores Call For Opioid Emergency: What It Means For The Ohio Valley The Trump administration’s top health official backed away from a presidential commission’s proposal to declare a national public health emergency to address the opioid crisis. An emergency declaration could have big implications for the Ohio Valley, a region with some of the country’s highest addiction and overdose rates. The top recommendation from President Trump’s commission […] By Aaron Payne Aug 8 Health Trump Ignores Call For Opioid Emergency: What It Means For The Ohio Valley Aaron Payne
Aug 4 Health Data Fix: Cities Seek Better Information On Opioid Epidemic Paramedics and police are already in the hotel room when Kyle Simpson walks in. “What happened?” he asks. A 37-year-old man in the room is barely conscious–just revived by the overdose reversal medication NARCAN. Law enforcement officers survey the scene. They’ve found more heroin “rocks” on a table. One officer interviews a crying woman who […] By Aaron Payne Aug 4 Health Data Fix: Cities Seek Better Information On Opioid Epidemic Aaron Payne
Mar 10 Health After Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act And One Woman’s Struggle For Sobriety As Congress considers repealing the Affordable Care Act, health professionals in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia grapple with what that might mean for a region where many depend on the law for access to care. This occasional series from the ReSource explores what’s ahead for the Ohio Valley after Obamacare. See more stories here >> […] By Glynis Board and Rebecca Kiger Mar 10 Health After Obamacare: The Affordable Care Act And One Woman’s Struggle For Sobriety Glynis Board and Rebecca Kiger
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
Oct 7 Health Naloxone Timeline By Alexandra Kanik and Aaron Payne Oct 7 Health Naloxone Timeline Alexandra Kanik and Aaron Payne