Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The state Department of Insurance has approved the 2019 rates for federally subsidized health-insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, setting a slightly higher average rate for the...
The U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that “takes aim at the next wave of the opioid crisis: drug-fueled infections like HIV and hepatitis that plague Kentucky,” reports Laura...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In Kentucky, one person dies by suicide about every 11 hours, making it the 11th leading cause of death overall, according to data from...
All 17 companies that were warned in May to stop marketing their electronic cigarette liquids in packaging that resembled “kid-friendly food products,” like juice boxes, candy and cookies, have stopped...
Somerset-based Health Watch USA will hold its 12th annual Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety conference Oct. 4 in Lexington. This year’s conference will look at the importance of nursing in...
Dr. Barry Hardison of Greenville runs a drug-treatment clinic in Muhlenberg County. “What Hardison has to say isn’t scientific,” Beth Warren of the Louisville Courier Journal reports. “It’s personal,” because...
The chief federal prosecutor for the eastern half of Kentucky says his office is getting a new prosecutor dedicated to fighting fentanyl, the powerful opioid that was found in more...
Two Kentucky organizations have received $100,000 grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration that will be used to address two different health issues that plague our state: opioids...
A 43-year-old woman went on a search for a short-term health insurance plan in Louisville that would cost less than an Obamacare exchange plan and found one for $393 a...
The expansion of Medicaid to nearly 500,000 more Kentuckians “must be preserved,” according to a group of hospital executives who launched a campaign to persuade legislators to expand the state...