Flu remains widespread in Kentucky; vaccinations still advisable
This year’s round of influenza hit Kentucky later than usual, and that probably means this year’s flu season could run past May, its usual end, the state Department of Public...
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This year’s round of influenza hit Kentucky later than usual, and that probably means this year’s flu season could run past May, its usual end, the state Department of Public...
Update: 4/8/16 This story has been updated with comments from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On Feb. 29, Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration...
With the advent of the internet, people are swamped with information about cancer and some of it is not based on “sound scientific evidence” or is “at best, anecdotal,” which...
Jellico Community Hospital, just across the Kentucky border in Tennessee along Interstate 75, was taken over by Community Hospital Corp. last May, but that’s not a guarantee it will survive, especially since...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One paragraph in this story was incorrect and has been stricken. FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky legislators have all but ended their regular session without...
Wendy S. Hupp Wendy S. Hupp, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of General Dentistry and Oral Medicine of the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, will be...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create an independent process for Kentucky health-care providers to appeal claims denied by Medicaid managed-care organizations is on its way to...
RICE LEACH, M.D. (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) Lexington Health Commissioner Rice Leach, a national, state and local leader in public health, died Friday of lymphoma. He was nine days short of...
Update: 4/4/16, This story has been updated to reflect that the study says the number of adults using at least five prescription drugs a day has increased and not the...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fifth annual national summit on prescription drug abuse, started by U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, was the largest, broadest and highest-profile yet....