UK health workers in flooded areas work to provide care
A mobile dental unit donated by Ronald McDonald House was converted to a basic-care unit for wound care and vaccinations. (UK photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hillary Smith University of...
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A mobile dental unit donated by Ronald McDonald House was converted to a basic-care unit for wound care and vaccinations. (UK photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hillary Smith University of...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
Since 2003, the Kentucky Rural Health Association has presented an individual with an award for lifetime contributions to rural health in Kentucky. The award is named for its first recipient, Dr. Dan...
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...
Dr. Van Breeding (Photo: Ryan C. Hermens, Herald-Leader) —– The rescues and initial cleanup are over, but health-care workers in areas of Eastern Kentucky that were hit by flooding now face...
The flood wrecked the Mountain Comprehensive Care Corp. warehouse in Whitesburg. (MCCC photo) —– The flooding in Eastern Kentucky has disrupted much of life, and health care is no exception. “The...
Judge Larry Thompson —– A judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals has issued an order that, in effect, at least temporarily bans abortions in Kentucky unless needed to save...
Individual and public health are influenced by many things, including the educational characteristics of people and their communities. Education will be the focus of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s 2022...
Dibakar Bhattacharyya and the membrane (UK photo by Ben Corwin) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Engineering Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya and...