Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the Zika virus spreads in Florida, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky continues to press his argument that Senate Democrats are responsible for...
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released an updated directory of groups working on health in the state. It includes 230 groups representing all 120 counties as well as statewide...
Gov. Matt Bevin By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News While Republican Gov. Matt Bevin works on his proposal to reform his Democratic predecessor’s expansion of Medicaid, the Indiana program that...
Dr. Morris Beebe III (Photo from Baptist Health) Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths (after lung cancer) even though effective, inexpensive, non-invasive screening options have been...
Boyd R. Buser, D.O. Boyd R. Buser, dean of the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pikeville, is the new president of the American Osteopathic Association. The organization represents the...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart shows hepatitis C rates for Kentucky and U.S. Hepatitis C among Kentucky women of childbearing age more than tripled from 2011 to 2014,...
Getty Images The U.S. Department of Justice has filed lawsuits to block the sale of Louisville-based Humana Inc. to Aetna Inc. and of Cigna Inc. to Anthem Inc., on grounds...
UPDATE: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says further testing of the original sample shows that the infant was not infected. “These findings indicate that the infant was...
National overdose-death rates for heroin (red) and prescription opioids (blue) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Soon after Kentucky cracked down on “pill mills” where prescription painkillers were easily available,...
By Mallory Powell University of Kentucky Growing up in Hazard, Brittany Martin was familiar with diabetes. Many of her older relatives had been diagnosed with the chronic condition, and her...