Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
For the second time, a Frankfort judge has thrown out the state’s $8 billion in Medicaid managed-care contracts, saying many irregularities in the second round of bidding “cast a cloud...
Menthol cigarettes (New England Public Media photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Food and Drug Administration announced a plan Thursday to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars within the...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus vaccination rates in Kentucky remain slow, with only 9,504 shots given yesterday, and only 12% of the state’s available shots given in the...
Photo by Oregon Health & Science University —– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it will allow most medical providers to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder without being...
State Department for Public Health chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With all of the coronavirus metrics on a plateau...
Photos by Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley Resource —– Kentucky is a regional leader in immunization for the coronavirus, but vaccinations are slowing and many of Kentucky’s counties lag behind the national...
E-cigarettes are called “vapes,” for vapor, but make aerosols. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic) —– A new study out of West Virginia University says rural users of electronic cigarettes are older, and...
What are you supposed to do with that white vaccination card you get after receiving a coronavirus vaccine? Should you laminate it? Will you need it again? What should you...
Kentucky Health News chart from state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With the pace of vaccinations slowing, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that reaching his 2.5...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graph, labeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 50 percent in 2020, the third...