Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus continues to rise, about a third of the state’s adults believe the pandemic...
Kungu Njuguna and Amanda Hall —– By Amanda Hall and Kungu Njuguna The rural-urban divide is an issue that has a considerable impact on the politics and policies of Kentucky....
President Biden and other top Democrats mingle among a largely unmasked crowd at the Congressional Picnic at the White House on Tuesday. (Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla) —– By Myah Ward...
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh This month my family had encounters with two Lexington doctor offices. In one the staff rolled her eyes when asked about masks, parroting...
Wendell Potter —– By Wendell Potter I’m not in the habit of wishing bad things to happen to anybody, but last week, when I was at the pharmacy counter, I...
Lee Anne Walmsley, Julie Marfell and Paul Norrod —– OPINION by Julie Marfell, Paul Norrod and Lee Anne Walmsley Nurses are the backbone of health care, supporting and protecting their...
Jim Higdon —– By Jim Higdon Gov. Andy Beshear is the first governor in the history of Kentucky to call for legalizing cannabis. Following the failure of the Kentucky legislature...
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp in her high school band uniform —– A Kentucky women writes about the importance of choice when it comes to decisions about abortion and tells her story...
Bertie Salyer —– “Trigger laws” would make abortion in Kentucky and 12 other states illegal if Roe v. Wade is overturned. That would disproportionately affect rural women, who are more likely than their...
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...