Day: July 2, 2014
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Owensboro plans to extend smoking ban to outdoors
Owensboro Mayor Ron Payne says he has the votes to pass a smoking ban for “all public spaces, including parks and outdoor dining areas and city-owned properties,” Steve Vied reports...
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Drug use and other behaviors, and poor support systems, make Appalachia ripe for liver-damaging hepatitis C virus
The hepatitis C virus is a growing problem in Appalachia because of “high rates of injection use, little access to intervention services and tight-knit social circles,” according to research conducted...