Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Chart from 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 41st among the states and Washington, D.C. in the...
The Kentuckiana American Heart Association and the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the association for companies selling and managing health insurance in the state, and have introduced a new initiative to equip thousands...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The lobbying organization for pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen between insurance companies and drug manufacturers, spent $86,168 in its successful effort to defeat a...
The University of Kentucky is bolstering security at health-care campuses “in response to increasing reports of violence taking place across the nation in health-care settings,” a news release said Friday. UK said...
A virtual silent auction to raise funds for cancer patients and their families will be held from 6 p.m. Thursday, June 9, through 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, by the CHI...
William S. Farish III —– Noted horseman Will Farish has given the University of Kentucky $5 million to create a program in urologic cancer at UK’s Markey Cancer Center. The Ambassador William Stamps...
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...
State Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three key metrics of the coronavirus in Kentucky dropped...
Photo from The Lane Report —– Just like the rest of the nation, Kentucky needs more doctors, and people and institutions in the state are working on several initiatives to...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating whether adults with severe mental illness in the Louisville metropolitan area are being subjected to excessive institutionalization...