Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
Adam Mather —– When Andy Beshear became governor a month ago, Adam Mather was regional operations vice president for Signature HealthCare, a Louisville-based firm “that owns more than two dozen low-rated...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...
Open enrollment for “Obamacare” health insurance has been extended until 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 18, because of extensive computer glitches that happened over the weekend. The original deadline...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Over the past two years, Kentucky saw the third largest increase in the nation for the percentage of children under 6 years of age...
Hospitals in the Louisville region partner with Norton to give their patients access to the care. —– Norton Healthcare has received the American Heart Association‘s 2019 Mission: Lifeline Regional Trailblazer Award for...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Time is running out to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance for 2020. The deadline for enrollment on Healthcare.gov is Sunday, Dec. 15, and fewer...
Even though Kentucky moved up two spots in this year’s America’s Health Rankings, at 43rd, it remains one of the 10 unhealthiest states. That’s where the Bluegrass State has been since...
Alabama Department of Public Health —– There’s a vaccine for a virus that causes sex-related cancer, but rural teens are less likely to get it or know about it. Rural pharmacies could...