UK professor Alex Elswick overcame opioid addiction to work with others in recovery and start a community organization to aid them
By Grace SowardsUniversity of Kentucky Alex Elswick grew up with everything he needed. With two great parents, a roof over his head and good grades in school, he was...
State’s high maternal-death rate gets study; pregnancy-related deaths mostly from violence, substance use, anxiety, depression
UK researchers studying the state’s high maternal-mortality rate include (front row, left to right) Anna Chamberlain, Ann Coker, Linda Berry, Heather Bush; (back, left to right) John O’Brien, Cynthia...
Database lists opioid-settlement payments to local governments
Screenshot of first page of KFF Health News database of settlement payments in Kentucky through March 4 shows the top 15 recipients. How much money are your local governments getting from...
Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...
Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find naloxone, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses
Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health NewsThe state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses...