Aug 20 Health Rural Risk: Mobile Clinics Help Tackle Multifaceted Opioid Crisis Area health officials say the region’s opioid crisis is now a public health threat on multiple fronts. Health groups are taking to the road to meet the challenge. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 20 Health Rural Risk: Mobile Clinics Help Tackle Multifaceted Opioid Crisis Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 30 Health How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak The number of cases of Hepatitis A continues to grow in the Ohio Valley. Officials across the region are scrambling to slow the spread of what they call an unusual outbreak. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 30 Health How The Income Gap Fuels Ohio Valley’s Hep A Outbreak Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Jul 23 Health Businesses And Health Officials Respond As Ohio Valley’s Hep A Cases Climb The region’s Hepatitis A outbreak is approaching 2,000 confirmed cases in the Ohio Valley, with the bulk of them in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Jul 23 Health Businesses, Health Officials Respond As Hep A Cases Climb Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 30 Health Regional Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked To Ohio Valley Addiction Crisis As with recent clusters of cases of HIV and elevated risk of hepatitis C, this latest outbreak of hepatitis A is also closely linked to the region’s addiction crisis. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 30 Health Regional Hep A Outbreak Linked To Ohio Valley Addiction Crisis Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 2 Health How A Rural Kentucky County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange The Ohio Valley’s opioid crisis has given rise to a new health threat: the region now has some of the nation’s highest risk areas for outbreaks of needle-borne disease such as HIV. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 2 Health How A Rural Ky. County Overcame Fear To Adopt A Needle Exchange Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 22 Health Kentucky Officials Declare Hepatitis Outbreak Jefferson County has had 19 confirmed cases. No deaths have been attributed to the outbreak. By Associated Press Nov 22 Health Kentucky Officials Declare Hepatitis Outbreak Associated Press