Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Drs. Rajendran and Fauci (Photo provided to The State Journal) —– By Narayanan Rajendran Kentucky State University The physicist Albert Einstein wrote a letter in 1939 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky A new state-by-state comparison of the nation’s health ranks Kentucky near the bottom in a variety of significant categories....
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...
Gov. Andy Beshear and (clockwise) House Speaker David Osborne, Senate President Robert Stivers, House Minority Leader Joni Jenkins, Senate Minority Ldr. Morgan McGarvey —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Forward I...
In 1905, Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, a Kentucky Republican, wrote a landmark decision affirming 11 states’ authority to require vaccinations. Kentucky has such a law, but no Kentucky...
By Donna K. Arnett Dean, University of Kentucky College of Public Health Nearly nine months since the word “coronavirus” entered our daily vocabulary, hope may be on the horizon in the...
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh The news media has extensively reported the federal courts’ reversal of government’s attempt to mandate the closing of church services and schools...
By Al Cross It’s rare for a high-ranking official to seek advice publicly, but that’s exactly what Gov. Andy Beshear did Wednesday at his daily coronavirus briefing, seemingly at wit’s...
By Jordan Tong Commonwealth Policy Center As numbers of new covid-19 cases have risen in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear has once again put the clamps on the commonwealth. The newest...