Taylor Sisk
53 posts
HIV Outbreak Persists as Officials Push Back Against Containment Efforts
Brooke Parker has spent the past two years combing riverside homeless encampments, abandoned houses, and less traveled roads…
Experts: Peer Recovery Is Valuable Yet Under Sourced Resource in Addiction Treatment
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or…
The Federal Website That’s Supposed to Help ‘Find Treatment’ Needs Work, Experts Say
Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or…
COVID-19 Didn’t Cause Appalachia’s Housing Crisis, But Advocates Say It Exacerbated It
Candice Kraus’s 10-year-old, Timothy, lives with sensory processing disorder. Camping was a terrifying experience. Kraus and her family…
February 1, 2022
Q&A: Appalachian Pediatrician Talks COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 1.5 million children aged 5-11 have received at least one…
November 16, 2021
‘A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers’: W.Va. Author’s New Book Recounts History Amid Resurgence of Labor Organizing
In his new book “A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers: The Radical Roots and Hard Fights of Local…
November 4, 2021