Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Photo from American Nurses Association —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Senate passed its version of a two-year state budget by a 30-6 vote Wednesday, the same...
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow parents and guardians to opt their children out of mask mandates in public schools, and ban...
Daily state Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. For the latest weekly map showing risk of hospitalization, suggesting masking practices, click here....
Britainy and Andy Beshear (Image from Facebook) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife marked the second anniversary of Kentucky’s first Covid-19 case with a Facebook post that invited Kentuckians to share their...
To download a full-size version of the graphic, right-click on it. —– Two years ago today, “Kentucky reported its first case of Covid-19,” notes Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal....
State Department for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky counties are still in the high-risk category that calls...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is less popular in Kentucky, and in rural America, than in the rest of the country. But rural Kentuckians do...
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic continued receding in Kentucky...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been perhaps the most outspoken Republican leader in favor of vaccination against the coronavirus, but Thursday he objected to President Biden’s vaccination mandate for...
Wilson (Spectrum News image) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At a time when President Biden and the federal government have sounded alarms about an increase in mental-health issues in...