UK project receives $3.2 million for nonmedical prescription opioid use research

LEXINGTON, Ky.  — The University of Kentucky College of Education’s Danelle Stevens-Watkins has received a $3.2 million grant to conduct one of the nation’s first studies on nonmedical prescription opioid use among Black Americans. The funding, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will help fill a dire need for data on this underserved group. Previous…

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Flu season is underway; get your flu shot now; it’s even more important as COVID spreads, says NKHD

By Maridith Yahl NKyTribune health reporter Like it or not, flu season underway. Kentucky cases are already being reported and some are in Northern Kentucky reports Lynne Saddler, MD, MPH, District Director of Health, Northern Kentucky Health Department (NKHD). Every year during the cold winter months, the flu causes those who catch it to feel…

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INVESTIGATION | 4 KSP troopers caught in illegal steroids operation, agency tries to withhold records

By Gil Corsey LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Four Kentucky State Police troopers were caught in an illegal steroids operation buying testosterone from doctors in Florida they’d never met. A WDRB News investigation found Troopers Jason Carpenter, Chad Peercy and Jonathan Sizemore as well as Sgt. Anthony Trotter were never charged or fired for the crime,…

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