Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has appointed the 11 people who will oversee the state’s half of the $483 million settlement it reached as part of a national agreement...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 13.55% in 2021, according to a recent federal report. The preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Kentucky had...
Gabi Espinosa and Ashlee Vogelsang at the Polk-Dalton Clinic (University of Kentucky photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Dani Jaffe University of Kentucky For expectant mothers, the top priority is...
A Carter County ambulance (Carter County Times photo) —– An ambulance took a student from East Carter High School in Grayson to Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland Thursday after the student had an adverse reaction...
dea.gov photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to increase in overdose deaths caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared Tuesday, May 10...
Illustration from University of Kentucky —– Primary-care providers who prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid-use disorder, and people receiving treatment for the disorder, are invited to participate in studies led by...
Average number of pain pills distributed per person, per year, by county, 2006-14. (Detail of map by The Washington Post; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version.) —–...
Jim Higdon —– By Jim Higdon Gov. Andy Beshear is the first governor in the history of Kentucky to call for legalizing cannabis. Following the failure of the Kentucky legislature...
UK’s Sharon Walsh, Carrie Oser and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, along with the Clark County Health Department’s Jennifer Gulley (second from left) presented an update on community engagement in UK’s HEALing grant at...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Republican legislature overrode more than two dozen of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes Wednesday and Thursday, including a wide-ranging abortion bill that was...