Six Kentucky programs to treat substance-use disorder will each get $1 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, established by Congress...
Map (click on it to enlarge) shows Kentucky Primary Care Association members, their health centers and counties where they have school-based clinics. Shading of counties shows congressional districts. —– Aug....
Christian Health Center in Hopkinsville (Photos by Jennifer P. Brown) —– Christian Care Communities, which operates 11 nursing homes in Kentucky, “is using what it learned to minimize the risk of...
The first Community Health Day was held in Hindman Friday, Aug. 6. (Photos by Melissa Slone, UK) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News HINDMAN, Ky. — The first of 96 University...
Kentucky Health News graph, based on data from state Department for Public Health —– This story has been updated. When the pandemic resurged in Kentucky last month, Gov. Andy Beshear said he would...
AARP illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Time is running out to sign up for low- or no-cost health insurance through the federal marketplace under the special enrollment...
Dr. Amr El-Naggar —– In a big Kentucky county with a low coronavirus vaccination rate, a critical infection rate and Covid-19 patients filling its intensive-care beds, a doctor reached out...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in...
The federal government is sending $198 million to more than 1,980 rural health clinics for outreach efforts to increase locals’ confidence in the safety of coronavirus vaccines, and Kentucky is getting more...
Its old slogan: “Your Friends on the Hill.” (HD Media photo) —– “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson...