Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
McConnell on Dec. 8 (Pool photo by Greg Nash via AP) —– “An emerging $900 billion Covid-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday after Senate...
Lexington Herald-Leader map by Dan Desrochers, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Although public-health experts worry when more than 5 percent...
Gov. Andy Beshear and (clockwise) House Speaker David Osborne, Senate President Robert Stivers, House Minority Leader Joni Jenkins, Senate Minority Ldr. Morgan McGarvey —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Forward I...
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s White House Coronavirus Task Force report again used strong language...
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As new cases of the novel coronavirus kept declining, Gov. Andy Beshear assured...
In 1905, Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, a Kentucky Republican, wrote a landmark decision affirming 11 states’ authority to require vaccinations. Kentucky has such a law, but no Kentucky...
By Donna K. Arnett Dean, University of Kentucky College of Public Health Nearly nine months since the word “coronavirus” entered our daily vocabulary, hope may be on the horizon in the...
Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing that last week set a...
Terrie Burgan traces contacts for the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. (Photo by Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal) —– When Gov. Andy Beshear shut down indoor dining in restaurants and bars to...
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports of new cases —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Nine months to the day after Kentucky found its first...