Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Photo by Ancora Home Care —– The writer is a nurse in Central City. She wrote this for The Leader-News. By Dara Bratcher Integrity is one of the most important qualities...
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted case numbers announced daily —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As national numbers suggested the pandemic is expanding again, Kentucky’s numbers...
Kaiser Family Foundation graphs; for a larger version of any image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy...
To overcome hesitancy or resistance to vaccination against the novel coronavirus, four Kentucky health groups have started a campaign of public-service announcements online and in print. “Take It From Me”...
Kentucky’s 25 federally qualified health centers, generally known as community health centers, will share more than $96 million in grants from the recent relief-and-stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act. “The funding...
Reps. Minter and Bentley, Beshear and interpreter Virginia Moore —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear signed 13 health bills into law Monday, highlighting one that caps...
By Al Cross and Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Almost all measures of the pandemic in Kentucky fell Wednesday, but one was especially remarkable: No new cases of the novel...
The Northeast Kentucky Substance Use Response Coalition has been named the Outstanding Rural Health Program of 2021 by the National Rural Health Association as part of its annual Rural Health Awards, given to individuals and...
Screenshot of interactive New York Times map shows in black counties that have had more than 250 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. Lyon County is highest, and adjoining...
Rep. Kim Moser —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to codify telehealth provisions that were put into place during the pandemic to temporarily relax some of the...