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Appalachian Research Day

Health and Welfare

Appalachian Research Day Focuses on Opioid Epidemic

Stu Johnson

This year’s Appalachian Research Day event in Hazard focused on efforts to address the opioid epidemic. The one day program Wednesday included innovation…
Health and Welfare

Hazard Hosts Appalachian Medical Research Day

Stu Johnson

Kentucky medical researchers are trying to determine why lung cancers strike more often in Appalachia than in many other places in the U.S. This…

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