Ryan McCarthy, Author at 100 Days in Appalachia

Author: Ryan McCarthy

Healthcare is Human: A Therapist’s Journey in Compassion and Recovery Support

by Ryan McCarthy on August 13, 2024 Comments are Disabled

Alesia Brand is a therapist at the WVU Crisis Support and Recovery Center, located in downtown Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Dr. Ryan McCarthy, left, started the podcast Healthcare is Human during the COVID-19 pandemic. The storytelling skills he learned during the podcast, he says, has changed the way he practices medicine and interacts with his patients in Appalachia. Photo: Molly Humphreys/Healthcare is Human

Health Care in Appalachia

Finding Solace in Stories: How Narrative Medicine Transformed an Appalachian Doctor’s Practice

by Ryan McCarthy on June 25, 2024 Comments are Disabled

In the 1990s when I started medical school, nobody warned me how my job was going to hurt me emotionally. Maybe it’s better they didn’t, as I might have been scared away. I must admit, there were a few omens I foolishly ignored early on. Still, I could not have […]

Misinformation & Disinformation

‘Outright Lies’: Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook

by Ryan McCarthy on August 7, 2020 Comments are Disabled

While the social media giant says it opposes voter suppression, the data shows a stark picture: Nearly half of all top-performing posts that mentioned voting by mail were false or misleading. On April 3, Terrence K. Williams, a politically conservative actor and comedian who’s been praised by President Donald Trump, assured his […]