Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The Coalition for a a Smoke-Free Tomorrowwill hold a half-day conference on electronic cigarettes Dec. 10 in Louisville, and offer remote viewing locations in Bowling Green, Hazard and Paducah. The conference,...
Kaiser Family Foundation map shows ranges of opioid addiction among Medicaid beneficiaries before the program was expanded in 2014. — Kentucky has gained more flexibility to provide substance-use-disorder (SUD) services for...
Types of electronic cigarettes — As teen use of Juul products continues to soar, the head of the Food and Drug Administration says all options are on the table, including limiting sales of flavored...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s again time to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance through Healthcare.gov. Open enrollment for coverage in 2019 runs through Dec. 15. It’s worth taking...
Dr. Raeford Brown — The Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful new painkiller Friday over the objections of a Kentucky doctor who co-chairs its advisory committee on such matters, and other...
The state has reached an agreement with an independent agency that advocates for people with disabilities that should allow more people with severe mental illness to get out of institutional...
WKYT-TV image — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal-state Medicaid program provides health coverage to about 1.4 million Kentuckians, or about one in three. The exact number fluctuates,...
Photo illustration by The Kentucky Enquirer — This editorial appeared in The Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, on Oct. 25. Nelson County should take pride in its syringe exchange. That might sound strange, at first....
Analysts Jason Dunn and Dustin Pugel gave an update on health policy at the Kentucky Voices for Health meeting. — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The warning from the...
Jennifer Havens — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has received a five year, $15 million grant along with a $50 million donation in drugs, to treat hepatitis...