Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s risk from Covid-19 fell slightly last week, based on the county-by-county risk as estimated by...
Beshear talks about abortion. (Screenshot from Facebook) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The current state of Kentucky’s law on abortion is “the most extremist in the nation” because it...
Photo by Cavan via Getty Images and Kaiser Health News —– By Emmarie Huetteman Kaiser Health News After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public-health experts...
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...
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....
Dr. Van Breeding (Photo: Ryan C. Hermens, Herald-Leader) —– The rescues and initial cleanup are over, but health-care workers in areas of Eastern Kentucky that were hit by flooding now face...
Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton and other abortion-rights supporters were surprised. (Photo: Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Voters in a Kansas referendum Tuesday maintained a right...
The flood wrecked the Mountain Comprehensive Care Corp. warehouse in Whitesburg. (MCCC photo) —– The flooding in Eastern Kentucky has disrupted much of life, and health care is no exception. “The...
Judge Larry Thompson —– A judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals has issued an order that, in effect, at least temporarily bans abortions in Kentucky unless needed to save...