Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...
Story and photos by Hillary Smith University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky is a site for the first-ever clinical trial to test an investigational antibody for people who have...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties with high and medium risk of Covid-19 transmission on the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map released Thursday were...
With national rates of influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus rising together, the “dreaded and much anticipated triple-demic is finally here,” epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina writes in her newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist. RSV is...
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern During three of her four pregnancies, Laura Browning drove three hours round-trip past hospitals to get prenatal care from midwives in Lexington, the only place...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of influenza continue to surge in Kentucky, an infectious-disease doctor says the best way to protect yourself, your loved ones and your...
Juul Labs, once the leading manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, will pay Kentucky and 33 other states $435 million to settle a lawsuit by their attorneys general alleging deceptive marketing and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza continues to slam Kentucky, with one hospital system saying last week’s flu admissions were greater than Covid-19 admissions and another seeing about equal...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Covid-19 hospitalizations and cases tin Kentucky took a big jump last week, the number of Kentuckians who died from the virus in that...
By Grayson Vandegrift I feel more freedom today to share something I’ve been hiding from the public for nearly 30 years. I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, a mental health diagnosis that...