Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Rachel Evans and Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Drug users getting buprenorphine treatment for opioid-use disorder through telehealth are slightly more likely to stay in treatment longer than those...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group for companies selling health insurance in Kentucky, has given $750,000 to Nascend, a Louisvile-based public-benefit...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been awarded 2024 Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards, for placing in the top 5% or 10% of hospitals within a health-care...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If you are looking for detailed information about research on nutrition and food supplements, a website called Examine.com is a resource to provide that...
By Al Cross, Publisher, Kentucky Health News Director emeritus, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky For more than a dozen years, Kentucky Health News has provided news you can...
By George J. Fuchs III, M.D. University of Kentucky A recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics as part of my work on the AAP Committee of Nutrition addresses the...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For the first time in 20 years, the rate of infant mortality in the U.S. showed a statistically significant increase in 2022, according to preliminary...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly respiratory virus update, released Thursday, Nov. 2, showed that Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity was...
By Patty Craig Beech Tree News, Morgantown We will soon enter the holiday celebration season. Our culture promotes celebrating with food – despite staggering obesity statistics. Anticipating those celebrations, how...
By Jordan Rau KFF Health News Nursing homes say they can’t afford higher staffing, as the Biden administration proposes to require. But their finances are often opaque.Perhaps the biggest mystery,...