Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 69% of Kentucky’s acute-care hospitals reporting...
Janel Carter held a “Stop The Mandates” sign as legislative action moved from the state Capitol to the Capitol Annex on the first day of the special legislative session. (Photo by...
National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate over the last seven days is still the nation’s third-highest, and its rate...
Suzie Razmus (via Facebook) —– Voicing worry that Corbin’s regional hospital can’t cope with the raft of Covid-19 patients, Mayor Suzie Razmus is advising unvaccinated people to stay home. “I just...
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from initial, unadjusted reports; click it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News “The legislature owns this pandemic moving forward” because...
Frankfort capitol building —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky General Assembly has passed a bill to prevent a statewide mask mandate until June 2023, and shifting the...
Photo by Mary Altaffer, The Associated Press —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky House and Senate gave final passage Thursday night to a bill eliminating...
Slide from governor’s press conference; light blue hospitals were in first round of Guard assignments. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear sent 310 more members of...
Photo by Eva Hambach, Agence France-Presse via Getty —– The Food and Drug Administration “delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling vaping brand Juul to stay on the market, while ordering thousands of other electronic...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The bad news is that Kentucky set another record for the percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the disease and for the number of...