Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Nearly 80 percent of recreational drug users in rural areas have taken methamphetamines in the past month, according to a newly published study that included Kentucky. That’s concerning, because meth use greatly...
Alex Elswick —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Helping people in addiction recovery meet their basic needs should not focus on abstinence, but instead should be provided along the...
Danielle Stevens-Watkins (UK photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Amanda Nelson University of Kentucky Black adults share about their experiences in drug treatment in a new University of Kentucky study published in the Journal...
Kungu Njuguna and Amanda Hall —– By Amanda Hall and Kungu Njuguna The rural-urban divide is an issue that has a considerable impact on the politics and policies of Kentucky....
The Partnership to End Addiction has announced plans to launch a personalized text messaging program to help curb opioid misuse this summer in Kentucky, Idaho, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. The...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear’s Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee will hold its next town hall meeting on Tuesday, July 19, in Frankfort. The meeting will be...
Katie Marks, Ph.D. —– The first meeting of the commission that will allocate half the money from the state’s settlement with opioid companies will be held at 1 p.m. ET...
Kentucky Health News map shows counties in study; click it to enlarge. —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky The $87 million study to find the best ways to battle...
Maps are from the report —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the first year of the pandemic, the United States experienced the highest-ever combined rates of deaths due...
More than 150 attended the Recovery in the Workplace Conference. (Ky. Chamber of Commerce photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A June 21 conference to encourage Kentucky businesses to offer...