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Kentucky has the third highest rate in the country for Medicaid prescriptions of buprenorphine, a drug that helps treat people with an addiction to…
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Health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, say a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That’s in a city that usually sees about…
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State Senator Shane Reeves of Murfreesboro says he wasn’t surprised to see his pharmacy as the top recipient of opioids in Tennessee — more than double…
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The Appalachian Regional Commission has awarded a major grant to what it calls an innovative pilot program for a region hit hard by the addiction crisis.…
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Dr. Patrice Harris took the oath in June to become the first African-American woman to serve as president of the powerful American Medical Association,…
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Charles “Country” Bowers takes long, quick strides down a worn dirt path and is soon in front of a thicket of bushes made deep and tall by spring…
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Addiction specialists, business leaders, law enforcement officials and other community members gathered around tables at Shawnee State University to talk…
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A Washington Post investigation finds the Ohio Valley is suffering the most from the surge in overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids, even as deaths…
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It’s lunch hour, and Cafe Appalachia is bustling.Located in South Charleston, West Virginia, the former church turned restaurant has a funky, yet calming…
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A new survey by the consumer finance website WalletHub shows Kentucky ranks eighth in the nation for states with the biggest drug problem. The national…