This story is from a partnership that includes NPR, Nashville Public Radio and KHN. It can be republished for free. Mary Barnett is one of about a dozen seniors who got a covid-19 vaccine on a recent morning at Neighborhood Health, a clinic tucked in a sprawling public housing development on the south side of […]
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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice took a victory lap on national cable networks on Feb. 1, explaining how West Virginia succeeded in vaccinating a greater share of its residents than any other state. In appearances on both CNN and MSNBC, Justice said that his state had actually injected more than […]
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In 2015, Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case reported research results that took most everyone by surprise: Death rates for middle-aged white Americans were rising. The causes, they found, were suicide, alcohol-related liver disease and drug overdose – what they termed “deaths of despair.” “Only HIV/AIDS in contemporary times […]
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About a third of rural residents are reluctant get to vaccinated, while about a quarter of metropolitan residents are. Rural residents are more hesitant than their metropolitan counterparts to get a COVID-19 vaccination, even though rural areas have higher rates of infections and deaths from the coronavirus, according to a new […]
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This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight visit their website. The nation’s largest opioid distributors are pushing to block testimony from West Virginians who want to speak out about how the addiction crisis has ravaged their communities. The companies’ lawyers say “personal stories of addiction” have no […]
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This article was originally published by the Ohio Valley ReSource. He asked her if she was cold. A wind whips around the park in western Kentucky a couple days before Christmas. He puts his arm around her as they move closer together on the bench. Blake Livesay, 27, met Laura […]
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