Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Life Care Center of Morehead (Company photo) —– In state health department video, nursing-home staff say why they got a shot. This story has been updated with comments from state officials. By...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentuckians continue to get the coronavirus and die from it, Gov. Andy Beshear made yet another plea for people to get vaccinated. “As...
Kentucky Health News graph by Bruce Maples shows correlation between votes and vaccination. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is doing better at getting its people fully vaccinated...
State table, updated by Kentucky Health News, shows how vaccine supply has exceeded demand. —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As delivery of coronavirus vaccines plummeted by almost a third in...
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it for a larger version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear spent a fair amount...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As measures of the pandemic in the state remained generally stable Sunday, Kentuckians heard Gov. Andy Beshear decry the politics of it, but also...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked fourth in cost of opioid-use disorder and deaths from it, adjusted for population, in a report that shows the economic impact of...
Kentucky Health News graph from initial, unadjusted daily case reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Citing rising case numbers and percentage of positive tests, Gov. Andy Beshear said...
Pastor Buddy Simpson at the Wallins Church of God (Herald-Leader photo by Silas Walker) —– Evangelical leaders in Harlan County are increasingly “getting peppered with fear-based questions from their congregations...
For a slightly larger version of the graph, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About 30 percent of Kentucky adults said in late winter that they...