May 6, 2022 – Kentucky Health News

Post-Roe, rural women would face more obstacles; retired health director says the issue is about men, women, sex and control

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...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, OPINION, YOUR HEALTH

Panel discusses a post-Roe v. Wade America; journalists are encouraged to treat as health issue, not a political one

healthlaw.org image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two days before the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that proposes to overturn abortion rights under its 1973 Roe...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says Union, Henderson and McCracken counties have medium levels of virus, so high-risk people there need masks

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Western Kentucky counties are yellow on the national Covid-19 risk map, for counties with a...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear says Ky. is ‘pretty safe’ from Covid-19 and he expects ‘room for at least some executive order’ for medical marijuana

State chart, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Study: Ky. non-profit hospitals get more in tax exemptions than they give in community benefit; hospitals dispute methodology

By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News A first-of-its-kind report argues that all of the nonprofit hospital systems in Kentucky are spending less on community investments and charity...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

The Courier Journal reports on illegal abortions in Ky. before Roe v. Wade and asks, ‘Will history repeat itself?’

Headlines on 1939 undercover C-J investigation that found abortion was commonplace in Louisville —– As the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to abolish the right to an abortion, Andrew Wolfson...

By Al Cross Published May 6, 2022 HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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