Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic slacked a bit in Kentucky in the last week, but the Bluegrass State still...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A divided Supreme Court of Kentucky upheld Thursday an appeals-court ruling that made nearly all abortions illegal in Kentucky while a lawsuit on the...
Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is urging Jefferson County school officials to end their mask mandate and telling them that he is...
New York Times map shows Kentucky continues to be the national hot spot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have gone up...
Alex Elswick —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Helping people in addiction recovery meet their basic needs should not focus on abstinence, but instead should be provided along the...
Health-care practitioners and people interested in rural health policy are invited to attend a wide-ranging symposium on rural health issues Friday, Aug. 26, at the University of Kentucky. UK’s Rural and...
Supporters post signs at the Tennessee Clinic, above, and the new Virginia clinic. (Photo by Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News) —– With almost all abortions illegal in Kentucky, at least for...
Danielle Stevens-Watkins (UK photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Amanda Nelson University of Kentucky Black adults share about their experiences in drug treatment in a new University of Kentucky study published in the Journal...
Tony Calhoun (Showhouse Productions) —– A Kentucky actor and screenwriter killed himself after losing everything he owned in last month’s flash floods, his fiancée said, and “His friends and family hope the incident...
Chief Justice Minton, Justice Lambert, Gov. Beshear —– The Supreme Court of Kentucky has created a commission to investigate mental-health issues in the state’s criminal-justice system. Its membership has not...