In this once prosperous West Virginia coal town of 1,900 people, residents say it's not just the decades-long demise of mining that hurt the community—it's the scourge of drug use that came with it.
Apr 7, 2017
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Maribeth Coote says she hates Obamacare, but it's the only health coverage option she can afford in this remote, hardscrabble corner of southwestern Pennsylvania.
Mar 24, 2017
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Of the 2,900 babies born last year in Cabell County, West Virginia, 500 had to be weaned off of opioid dependence.
Mar 19, 2017
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West Virginia health officials are responding to opioid overdoses by distributing more than 8,000 kits with an antidote—Naloxone—that can get people breathing again if administered in time.
Feb 6, 2017
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For people with opioid use disorder receiving medication treatment with buprenorphine, a telepsychiatry approach—using videoconferencing as an alternative to in-person group sessions—provides similar clinical outcomes, ...
Jan 25, 2017
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Drug wholesalers shipped 780 million hydrocodone and oxycodone pills to West Virginia in just six years, a period when 1,728 people fatally overdosed on these two painkillers, according to an investigation by the Charlotte ...
Dec 19, 2016
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The Centers for Disease Control says a multistate outbreak of E.coli has sickened seven people, sending five to the hospital.
Sep 25, 2016
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He found the woman slumped over the steering wheel, an empty syringe on the floorboard and her skin dulling to a purplish blue.
Sep 4, 2016
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State Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking officials huddled Wednesday to discuss ways to coordinate efforts to battle the drug abuse epidemic in a judicial summit involving some of the hardest-hit states.
Aug 24, 2016
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Health officials have notified more patients at a West Virginia heart clinic who may have been exposed to hepatitis.
May 10, 2016
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