Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center at Morehead won the Center of Excellence Award in Distribution at this month’s national AHEC conference for working to improve the health-care workforce in rural...
The celebration in recent years about lower smoking rates among teenagers could end up being all for naught, as a new study shows that more people are likely to now...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nine counties in Appalachian Kentucky have been recognized as “bright spots” when it comes to health, and seven of them adjoin in Southern Kentucky:...
The 2017 Kentucky Health Issues Poll found that significantly fewer Kentucky adults are getting prescriptions for pain medication; that they strongly support smoke-free schools; and that most would like to...
Kentucky’s hepatitis A outbreak is now the biggest outbreak in the United States. As of July 7, the outbreak had struck 65 of Kentucky’s 120 counties with 1,094 hepatitis A...
A survey that measured emotional communication among alcoholics found that long after they give up drinking, they still struggle to control their voice pitch and relay subtle emotional cues. The...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State officials reversed course Thursday and said they would resume paying dental, vision and non-emergency medical transportation costs for 460,000 Kentuckians on expanded Medicaid....
Federal officials say they will hold another round of public comment on the Kentucky Medicaid plan that was blocked by a federal judge and sent back to them for more...
Around half of American men in a three-city survey said they experienced abuse in their same-sex relationships — about the same percentage reported by women, a new study shows. The...
Do you have obsessive-compulsive disorder? New research may direct you to retire in a sunny spot. A study at Binghamton University in New York and published in the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive...