Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic slacked a bit in Kentucky in the last week, but the Bluegrass State still...
At the Kentucky State Fair, the Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving free, unlimited-ride wristbands and $25 gift cards (while supplies last) to attendees who go to booth B419 in the...
Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is urging Jefferson County school officials to end their mask mandate and telling them that he is...
New York Times map shows Kentucky continues to be the national hot spot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have gone up...
WEKU-FM photo by Stu Johnson —– “Maintaining good physical and mental health is top of mind for health officials in flood-devastated Eastern Kentucky,” reports Samantha Morrill of WEKU-FM. “Tetanus and hepatitis are major...
CDC map estimates ranges of risk for contracting Covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened some of its Covid-19 recommendations, even more...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus continues to rise, about a third of the state’s adults believe the pandemic...
Sen. Rand Paul (Photo by Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post) —– Academic and drug-industry experts told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Aug. 3 that more government oversight is needed for gain-of-function...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows state is a national hot spot. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After dropping 7.7%...