Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state and federal Covid-19 reports remain good this week, but Kentuckians are still dying from the disease. Over the last four weeks, the...
About 16 million Americans have long Covid-19 and four million of them say this has significantly reduced their ability to carry out day-to-day activities, including their jobs, Paul Solman reports...
The HEALing Communities Study Learning Collaborative at the University of Kentucky is offering a virtual session titled “Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices” at 11 a.m. ET...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first year since 2018, Kentucky saw a drop in drug overdose deaths last year. Provisional data gathered by the Kentucky Injury Prevention...
By Laurel Swanz Kentucky Health News With allergy season in full swing in Kentucky, those suffering from nasal allergies and asthma may feel as though the pollen gets worse every...
By Darius Tahir and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Kentucky nursing homes’ Covid-19 booster rates are higher than the national rates, many staff and residents remain vulnerable to the disease because over...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Overall, the Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky are good, but the bad news is that people are still dying from it. The latest report from the state...
A University of Kentucky environmental scientist is taking steps to learn more about the health symptoms and exposures faced by the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment...
The newly created Office of Rural Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work to combat rural health disparities across the nation by addressing infrastructure needs and ...