Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Dr. Amr El-Naggar —– In a big Kentucky county with a low coronavirus vaccination rate, a critical infection rate and Covid-19 patients filling its intensive-care beds, a doctor reached out...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in...
The federal government is sending $198 million to more than 1,980 rural health clinics for outreach efforts to increase locals’ confidence in the safety of coronavirus vaccines, and Kentucky is getting more...
Its old slogan: “Your Friends on the Hill.” (HD Media photo) —– “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson...
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...
Larry Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA —– The University of Kentucky, the state Department for Public Health, the University of Louisville and other state partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to expand and...
By Jenny Wells-Golden University of Kentucky Tyona Golden and Johnnetta Burns came to the University of Kentucky as freshmen in 2013. As two longtime friends from the South Side of Chicago, they...
Baptist Health Madisonville —– Starting Sept. 1, the hospital in Madisonville will be jointly operated by Baptist Health, which has owned it for nine years, and Deaconess Health System Inc. of Evansville, which...
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...
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– Employees providing care at Kentucky nursing homes are among the least likely in...