Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Kaiser Health News map; to enlarge, click on it. —– Local public-health officials and workers “have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic...
Health insurance companies “are furiously lobbying Congress to tweak a last-minute deal on protecting Americans from surprise medical bills — one that is viewed as favoring doctors over them,” The Washington...
By Brian S. Barnett, M.D. Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology, Center for Behavioral Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Published in JAMA Internal Medicine My friend drew his last breath alone, in the predawn...
Rich Seckel —– The point man in a lawsuit that blocked changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program has been honored for his work by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Rich Seckel,...
Fran Feltner —– Fran Feltner, director of the University of Kentucky‘s Center for Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard, has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for her “trailblazing” work to improve...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington health officials are imploring Kentuckians without Covid-19 symptoms who want or need to get tested for the coronavirus to go to a testing...
Lexington Herald-Leader map by Dan Desrochers, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Although public-health experts worry when more than 5 percent...
Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing that last week set a...
Lisa Edwards, a clinical nurse researcher at the University of Kentucky, spoke with UK’s Carl Nathe for “UK at the Half” Saturday about a clinical trial of an investigational coronavirus vaccine...
State Department for Public Health map shows confirmed flu cases so far this season. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has confirmed one-sixth as many flu cases this season as...