Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 60 percent of American children are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. Kentucky’s...
After hearing oral arguments Friday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., said he will rule by June 30 whether federal law allows states to require people in Medicaid to work...
Attorney General Andy Beshear is suing Walgreens for “allegedly failing to legally monitor its own operations that shipped and dispensed large quantities of opioids through its more than 70 locations...
The Lebanon Enterprise, which under Editor-Publisher Stevie Lowery has a recordof tackling sensitive subjects, broke new ground last week with a story about a 19-year-old transgender woman. The story by reporter Emily...
The Medical Center at Bowling Green no longer releases information about births to the news media or through social media, following recommendations from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “This is...
Pikeville Medical Center, Eastern Kentucky’s largest hospital, is cutting its workforce to correct what CEO Donovan Blackburn called “poor business decisions” by his predecessor, Walter May. “The news comes a...
Half of Americans aged 30 and older have a disease of the gums called periodontitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If left untreated, gum disease can...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger people, the American Cancer Society now recommends that adults with a normal risk for colon cancer get their...
“The suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain just days apart . . . have mental health professionals worried about the potential for what’s known as...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is partnering with the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to help low-income Kentuckians keep their...