Corinne Boyer
Corinne Boyer is the health reporter for the ReSource. Previously, she covered western Kansas for the Kansas News Service at High Plains Public Radio. She received two Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards for her reporting on immigrant communities. Before living on the High Plains, Corinne was a newspaper reporter in Oregon. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon and interned at KLCC, Eugene’s NPR member station. Corinne grew up near the South Carolina coast and is a graduate of the College of Charleston. She has lived in New York City and South Korea. Corinne loves running, checking out stacks of books and spending time with her rescue cat, Priya.
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Brian and Lesa Marcum pointed out sandy plots where homes used to be on Right Fork Buffalo Road a month after historic flooding hit eastern Kentucky. Water washed away cars, and clothing is still in tree branches sometimes 8 to 10 feet high. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider intimate partner violence, or IPV, a “serious public health problem.” During the COVID-19 pandemic, IPV deaths have increased both in West Virginia and Ohio. Data isn’t available yet for Kentucky. -
Last week, Kentucky saw more than 6,400 cases in a single day. The state’s previous highest number of cases was recorded nearly a year ago. -
The study found that rural ICU patients have a greater chance of dying than ICU patients in urban areas. -
The environmental health nonprofit’s database makes public drinking water systems searchable by zip code. It also shows legal and illegal levels of contaminants and the health risks associated with them. -
For the second year in a row, Kentucky has the highest rate of childhood obesity among kids ages 10-to-17 at 23.8%. -
Pediatricians from across the Ohio Valley say this new wave of COVID-19 is sickening children with severe symptoms that require hospitalizations, as school districts continue to try to maintain in-person learning without closures. -
Kentucky ICU Hospitalizations Expected To Reach Highest Point During The COVID-19 Pandemic This WeekKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said ICU capacity is expected to reach its highest levels since the pandemic began later this week. On Tuesday, Beshear again warned that unvaccinated patients make up the majority of hospitalizations. -
On Monday, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear held a COVID-19 news conference as cases continue to spread across the commonwealth. Beshear said the Delta... -
Newly Released Data Estimates Kentucky Saw Second Highest Increase Of Drug Overdose Deaths In The USKentucky drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 54% in 2020. That’s according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The CDC...
