Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
CNN photo —– The 49% increase in drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2020 included a big jump among young people, Jasmine Demers reports for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Her object example...
Numbered counties in red: 2, Cumberland; 3, Clinton; 10, Robertson; 13, Menifee. —- A not-for-profit organization headed by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was a doctor before he got into...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 49% in 2020, according to the state’s latest annual report. “In addition to the stress caused by the pandemic, we...
Opioid tablets (Getty Images photo) —– Kentucky’s Daniel Cameron and other state attorneys general announced Wednesday a tentative settlement with the nation’s three top drug distributors and drug maker Johnson & Johnson for their...
Alex Elswick —– Fentanyl, the latest scourge of the opioid epidemic, is a synthetic. That makes it relatively easy to make different versions, called analogues, with slightly different chemical formulas....
Keeneland cook Krystal Grimes talked about her recovery. (Photographs by Sawyer Coffey, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce) —– By Jacqueline Pitts The Bottom Line, Ky. Chamber of Commerce Kentuckians who are in...
Joseph Bentley got his GED degree at Crown Recovery and now helps others do it. (Photo by Jonathon Gregg, Spectrum News) —– Addiction Recovery Care has been serving patients since on the former...
From “Understanding Declining Rates of Drug Overdose Mortality in Eastern Ky.;” click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A decline in drug-overdose deaths in several Eastern...
Photo: Liz Dufour/The Enquirer —– A jail in Northern Kentucky has embraced science-based research for inmates with addiction for inmates who want it since 2015, and now that program includes...
Photo: Forbes.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When a global settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors is settled, Kentucky will allocate half of any proceeds to the state...