Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., speaks with an attendee at the event. (AHCJ photo by Paola Rodriguez) —– Newly confirmed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf says “the issue that keeps him...
CDC map shows Union, Henderson, Bourbon and Nicholas counties with a medium level of Covid-19. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Four Kentucky counties are back in yellow on...
Tom Stephens —– By Tom Stephens Executive Director, Kentucky Association of Health Care Plans Pocketbook issues were front and center in this most recent session of the Kentucky General Assembly...
UK’s Sharon Walsh, Carrie Oser and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, along with the Clark County Health Department’s Jennifer Gulley (second from left) presented an update on community engagement in UK’s HEALing grant at...
Business Insider map provided by Beshear’s office, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky failed again...
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings —– Kentucky Health News A federal judge has blocked Kentucky’s broad, new anti-abortion law, saying it has so many restrictions that she needs time to...
The regional development group Shaping our Appalachian Region and the state Department for Public Health’s Office of Health Equity are hosting the first Appalachian Nursing Academy June 12-25 at the University of Pikeville for rising juniors and...
Kentucky has received nearly $4.2 million to expand the public-health role of the AmeriCorps program in the state. The grant comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, last year’s pandemic relief...
Kentucky Health News chart from state data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Daily cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus are rising again, apparently...
Rep. Randy Bridges, R-Paducah, gives a thumbs down to abortion advocates who chanted “Bans off our bodies” at the state Capitol April 13. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —–...