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Three Years after Lockdown, What COVID-19 Taught Us about Grief Traditions in Appalachia

by Amanda Held Opelt on March 16, 2023 Comments are Disabled

Three years ago, the world shut down. What had been a remote news story about a strange virus in a faraway country swept across the globe and came crashing onto our own shores seemingly overnight. Those days were the “unprecedented times,” the plot twist none of us saw coming. “We’re […]

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COVID-19 Didn’t Cause Appalachia’s Housing Crisis, But Advocates Say It Exacerbated It

by Taylor Sisk on February 1, 2022 Comments are Disabled

Candice Kraus’s 10-year-old, Timothy, lives with sensory processing disorder. Camping was a terrifying experience. Kraus and her family – Timothy, 9-year-old Gracie and Kraus’s husband, who’s no longer living with them – weren’t camping for pleasure. In late May, they were evicted from the trailer in which they’d lived for […]

Parker McKenzie, 10, right, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from nurse practitioner Amy Wahl with distraction help from certified child life specialist Haylee Rogers during the first COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Franklin County for children age 5-11 at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Paul Vernon/AP Photo

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Q&A: Appalachian Pediatrician Talks COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids

by Taylor Sisk on November 16, 2021 Comments are Disabled

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 1.5 million children aged 5-11 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The lower-dose was approved for children by the head of the CDC earlier this month. Lisa Costello is a pediatric hospitalist at WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, president […]

Students enter the classroom in Godley, Texas, on August 5. Godley is a town of approximately 1,000 residents about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The school district is among the first to open in Texas for the fall term. Photo: AP Photo/ LM Otero

When You Aren’t Old Enough for a Vaccine: An Alabama Sixth Grader on COVID-19

by Taylor Tomlin on November 2, 2021 Comments are Disabled

This article was written before FDA authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 12. The COVID-19 pandemic has been by far the most distressing experience of my life. We learned to live wearing masks and only hang out with our friends outside. Over the past eighteen […]

Matt Carroll has been in recovery for 10 years and advocates for medication in treating the disease of addiction. Federal and medical research supports his position. Photo: Todd Brase/100 Days in Appalachia

Medication and Recovery: Doctors Say Access to Critical Addiction Care is Difficult in Appalachia

by Taylor Sisk on October 21, 2021 Comments are Disabled

Recovery from addiction is possible. For help, please call the free and confidential treatment referral hotline (1-800-662-HELP) or visit findtreatment.gov. Matt Carroll has stories to tell – stories he’s not proud of but shares for a purpose. After years of living with substance use disorder and through multiple incarcerations associated […]

Brandon Wallace is a cottage food producer based in Wheeling, West Virginia, who specializes in hand crafted foods that he sells locally. Photo: Christina White/ Provided

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As COVID-19 Challenged Almost Every Industry, Appalachian Cottage Producers Found Ways to Thrive

by Christina White on October 19, 2021 Comments are Disabled

When Charles and Vicky Grubb purchased their historic Point Pleasant, West Virginia, home in 2004, they never could’ve predicted it’d become the center of their business nearly a decade later. In 2012, the husband and wife team discovered their passion for creating decadent chocolates and have turned that passion into […]