Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph, from Kentucky Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s surge in coronavirus cases continued last week, at a slightly slower...
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...
“The setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like Dr. Melissa Dennison’s office . . . the next patient arriving every 15 minutes,” says The New York Times. (NYT...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus went up again this week, Gov. Andy Beshear stressed that his...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows 34 counties with elevated risk of Covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News McCracken County and its seat of Paducah are red...
State Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 report largely mimics what is going...
Google map locates business center where health-professions training facility will be housed. —– Owensboro Health, which operates the largest hospital in Western Kentucky and owns two others in Greenville and Leitchfield, is planning...
Kaiser Health News graphic —– Kentucky Health News Kentucky is taking advantage of a little-used provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to create a health-insurance plan...
Remote Area Medical workers do a vision exam. (Photo from Kentucky Association of Health Plans) —– More than 180 people received free medical treatment or vision exams and glasses this...
Kentucky will hold its eighth annual conference on viral hepatitis on July 27, the day after World Hepatitis Day. “Hepatitis in Kentucky: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis Elimination” will...