Kentuckians are dying because their local emergency medical services can’t find enough employees to staff the ambulances. That’s the upshot of a detailed story by Bill Estep in the Lexington Herald-Leader, which begins...
State Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Enrollment is now open on Kynect, the state’s revived health-insurance marketplace, for federally subsidized health insurance for 2022. The...
Graphic from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic’s decline in Kentucky stalled Friday. On the state’s daily report,...
The “Take It From Me” campaign of public service video announcements has released 18 more videos urging Kentuckians to get a coronavirus vaccine. The campaign is a partnership between the Kentucky...
A new toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub aims to help rural communities and organizations develop, implement, evaluate and sustain Medication for Opioid Use Disorder programs. MOUD programs, sometimes called Medication-Assisted Therapy, are...
Washington Post map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows rates in bordering and nearby states and Puerto Rico, the national leader. —– Kentucky Health News The decline of new coronavirus cases...
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Wednesday, and vaccinations are on...
State Department for Public Health vaccination-rate map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —- The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded grants totaling $20,000 to increase uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines in counties with the...
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge any image, click on it. —– New York Times map shows how state compares. Interactive version here. By Al Cross Kentucky...
Lars Peterson, M.D., Ph.D. —– A University of Kentucky physician and a University of Washington researcher will hold a webinar at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 to discuss the critical role of family physicians...