Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
L-R: Lee, Wise and Russell counties; City of Norton is within Wise (Wikipedia map) —– “Towns and cities across America are fighting back against the drug industry, seeking billions of dollars in...
Enlargement of Kentucky and neighboring states shows naloxone access; Kentucky counties with the first rank of access are Adair, Anderson, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Bullitt, Campbell, Christian, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Grant, Hopkins,...
AARP photo illustration —– While rural and non-rural dentists prescribe about the same number of pain pills, rural dentists do so more often in combination with ibuprofen or acetaminophen and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Elimination of the three main types of hepatitis is possible, but will require a more aggressive approach that includes increasing vaccinations for hepatitis A...
Hundreds of people in Appalachia, most of them in Eastern Kentucky, have had $8 million in medical debts paid off by a nonprofit organization that uses donations to buy “bundles...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in order: the University...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Michael T. Rust, who led the Kentucky Hospital Association for 24 years, has retired. Rust said it was a privilege to have worked for the KHA...
Jewish Hospital is in downtown Louisville. —– Financially ailing Jewish Hospital, which was once a national leader in heart transplants but has done only one this year, says it is putting...
Washington Post map; click here to view the interactive version. —– Between 2006 and 2012, drug companies distributed 76 billion doses of prescription pain medicine, “enough pills to supply every adult and...
Participants in a University of Kentucky study aimed at eliminating the liver disease hepatitis C in one county will get their medicine in a device that tracks how closely they follow their...