harm reduction

Appalachian states have had some of the highest overdose rates in the country over the past decade. But officials have been slow to adopt some harm reduction efforts that could save lives.

The Purchase District Health Department recently launched its new Harm Reduction Hub in McCracken County, one of the first of its kind in far western Kentucky.

Health officials in Huntington, West Virginia, say a cluster of HIV infections has grown to 71 confirmed cases. That’s in a city that usually sees about…