Aug 19 Health HIV Infection ‘Clusters’ Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs Many remain wary of syringe exchanges, and officials are worried a backlash means some programs will close just when they’re most needed. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 19 Health HIV Infection 'Clusters' Put Focus On Harm Reduction Programs Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Apr 28 Health Louisville’s Health Department Faces Cuts Amid City Budget Crisis Mayor Fischer's proposal includes shrinking the health department staff and eliminating a program that helps people with mental illness. By Lisa Gillespie Apr 28 Health Louisville's Health Department Faces Cuts Amid City Budget Crisis Lisa Gillespie
Dec 1 Commentary Strange Fruit: Looking Forward On World AIDS Day How to keep fighting both the stigma and the epidemic. By Jaison Gardner Dec 1 Commentary Strange Fruit: Looking Forward On World AIDS Day Jaison Gardner
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
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 11 Health Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease From Opioid Crisis U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams threw his support behind syringe exchanges to address the region's high risk of needle-borne disease associated with the opioid epidemic. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 11 Health Surgeon General Supports Needle Exchanges To Limit Disease 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
Mar 5 Health Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis When the CDC looked for the country’s places most at risk for outbreaks of needle-borne diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis C, they found them in the Ohio Valley. By Roxy Todd Mar 5 Health Rural Risk: Fighting Disease Amid The Opioid Crisis Roxy Todd
Feb 1 Community Area Nonprofit Will Pay You And Your Friends To Get Tested For HIV Volunteers of America launched Friends Inspiring Testing on Thursday. People will be paid for getting tested and for referring others who get tested. By Kyeland Jackson Feb 1 Community Area Nonprofit Will Pay You And Your Friends To Get Tested For HIV Kyeland Jackson
Jan 14 Health Mapping How The Opioid Epidemic Sparked An HIV Outbreak In visualizations published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, dots and lines define the constellations of Indiana's HIV outbreak. By Heather Boerner Jan 14 Health Mapping How The Opioid Epidemic Sparked An HIV Outbreak Heather Boerner
Jan 9 Community Leap Of Faith: Religious Communities Reconsider Needle Exchanges As religious leaders and their communities change their thinking on addiction and treatment, needle exchanges gain support in rural counties. By Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 9 Community Leap Of Faith: Religious Communities Reconsider Needle Exchanges Mary Meehan, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 11 Health For Kentuckians Living With HIV/AIDS, Dental Care Is Complicated U of L has offered dental care to HIV/AIDS patients since 1999. And in 2014, the state partnered with the program to acquire federal funding. By Lisa Gillespie Aug 11 Health For Kentuckians Living With HIV/AIDS, Dental Care Is Complicated Lisa Gillespie