AP health editor Jonathan Fahey to give NKU Six@Six lecture on ‘What’s Ailing America?’
As the global health editor for The Associated Press, Jonathan Fahey oversees a team of journalists who cover medicine, public…
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Kentucky Court of Justice to launch RESTORE initiative to help courts address opioid epidemic
The Kentucky Court of Justice will kick off a new initiative to help judges, circuit court clerks, and court personnel…
Michael Fletcher: Pass House Bill 121; get addiction treatment into the hands of those who need it
In 2019, every Kentuckian knows someone struggling with addiction and we are well aware that this epidemic is wreaking havoc…
NKU’s Institute for Health Innovation gets $200k grant to expand opioid interventions in Owen County
Northern Kentucky University’s Institute for Health Innovation (IHI) had received a $200,000 federal grant to address the opioid epidemic in…
Opioid epidemic rampant in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties, FindHelpNow.org can help
The national opioid overdose epidemic was declared a public health emergency in 2017, and the state of Kentucky continues to…
Attorney General Beshear calls on state lawmakers to create a permanent trust fund to battle addiction
The opioid epidemic continues to claim the lives of Kentuckians at a pace of nearly 30 a week. Attorney General…
KET to offer forum, ‘Disrupting the Opioid Epidemic;’ includes segment on Alexandria’s ‘angel’ program
Despite increasing state and federal attention to the problem of opioid addiction, deaths from overdoses continue to rise. In KET’s…
Robert Couch: Expanding access to naloxone will help save lives from drug overdoses
Expanding Access to Naloxone Will Help Save Lives In 2016, more than 1,400 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses. Sadly,…
Focus on Addiction Services Council: Aiming to be a single stop and phone call away to end addiction
The NKyTribune is partnering with Horizon Community Funds to focus on our region’s nonprofits. Here is one of the continuing…
Opioid makers paid millions to advocacy groups that promoted their painkillers amid addiction epidemic
By Matthew Perrone and Geoff Mulvilhill Center on Public Integrity Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled…
Ameer Mabjish: Criminal justice reforms can lead us out of opioid epidemic; we can’t arrest our way out
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is still in the midst of a dire opioid crisis. This is not a mere trend, fad,…
Beshear Op-Ed: As our brother’s sister’s keeper, we must work together on opioid epidemic solutions
Every day, we lose an average of four Kentuckians to a fatal drug overdose. Sadly, everyone reading this column has…
Gov. Bevin’s Address: 6.25% cut to most agencies, fund pensions, workforce training, protect SEEK . . .
Gov. Matt Bevin tonight delivered his 2018 State of the Commonwealth and Budget Address to the General Assembly and fellow…
He overcame prescription-induced opioid addiction to become doctoral student, establish a nonprofit
By Olivia Ramirez UKnow Alex Elswick is earning his doctorate degree at the University of Kentucky. He’s the founder of a…
Mitch McConnell: Why fighting opioid epidemic is necessary, and why we must fight back
The pain of the opioid epidemic continues to ravage communities across the country – especially here in Kentucky. For years,…
Trump’s top health official makes KY first stop after declaring opioid epidemic a public-health emergency
The day after declaring the opioid epidemic a national public-health emergency without allocating more money for it, President Trump’s top…
Cleveland Fed researchers say opioid epidemic could be large enough to have impact on labor force
Estimates of drug usage rates suggest the opioid epidemic could be large enough to have an impact on the labor…
Beshear hires lawyers to investigate, sue companies in opioid epidemic; Bevin says it’s premature
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear has hired four law firms to investigate and sue companies…
Robert Couch: Physicians must help Kentucky out of the opioid epidemic, and not just during office hours
Constricted pupils, slowed breathing, blue lips and skin. Health care providers in Kentucky have become all too familiar with these…
Author of opioid epidemic book Dreamland says it began with easy answers to tough questions
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The opioid epidemic began with a desire for “easy answers to complicated problems,” and…
Nancy Swikert: Patient-Provider relationship is key to addressing Kentucky’s opioid crisis
Opioid abuse is one of Kentucky’s most pressing and publicized health issues. In 2016, more than 1,400 Kentuckians died from…
Gov. Bevin launches public awareness campaign to help combat opioids, highlights resources, treatment
Gov. Matt Bevin is urging all Kentuckians to help beat back the opioid epidemic with a new public awareness campaign…