Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
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...
Image from WHSV-TV —– As several coronavirus vaccines move toward approval, not only is the general public anxious for them to be widely distributed in hopes of getting back to...
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh The news media has extensively reported the federal courts’ reversal of government’s attempt to mandate the closing of church services and schools...
Dr. Thomas Frieden —– This is excerpted from The Wall Street Journal. The full version is here. By Dr. Tom Frieden Vaccines that have been developed with amazing speed now offer us...
Lisa Edwards, a clinical nurse researcher at the University of Kentucky, spoke with UK’s Carl Nathe for “UK at the Half” Saturday about a clinical trial of an investigational coronavirus vaccine...
By Al Cross It’s rare for a high-ranking official to seek advice publicly, but that’s exactly what Gov. Andy Beshear did Wednesday at his daily coronavirus briefing, seemingly at wit’s...