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In a comprehensive new report on the opioid crisis, the U.S. surgeon general writes that stigma remains a major barrier to treatment and urges a more…
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In a room at the Letcher County Health Department in Whitesburg, Kentucky, about 20 people are learning how to use naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal…
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Health officials in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia say the number of overdose deaths related to the opioid crisis continued to rise in 2017 as state…
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A new poll shows one in four Kentuckians knows someone who has abuse prescription pain drugs.The Kentucky Health Issues Poll also showed a decrease in the…
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Acting Health And Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan signed an order Friday to extend the public health emergency for 90 days. A post on the agency’s…
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Another community in south central Kentucky has signed off on the creation of a needle exchange for drug abusers. In a 4-3 vote, the Barren County Fiscal…
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Days after sending mixed signals on his response to the nation’s opioid crisis, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to declare a national…
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The Trump administration’s top health official backed away from a presidential commission’s proposal to declare a national public health emergency to…
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Paramedics and police are already in the hotel room when Kyle Simpson walks in.“What happened?” he asks.A 37-year-old man in the room is barely…
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Sitting on top of the Bible on Pastor Brad Epperson’s desk at the Clay City First Church of God is a list of goals for his small congregation written in a…