The sickest rural Americans may be the least able to afford care
A new study by the University of Southern Maine shows that in the two years prior to the pandemic, rural residents who were the most in need of medical care...
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A new study by the University of Southern Maine shows that in the two years prior to the pandemic, rural residents who were the most in need of medical care...
By Kate Yandell SciCheck, a service of FactCheck May 11 marked the end of the federal public health emergency for Covid-19, bringing changes to health care and public benefits. These...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Mostly-green maps have become a symbol of the decline of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the end of the national public-health emergency on Thursday, Kentucky...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky youth received emergency care in the first year of the pandemic for self-harm and assault, but in the second year, the number...
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, and the U.S. public health emergency ends May 11, but the pandemic is not over and the disease remans a threat, the...
The University of Kentucky Food as Health Alliance celebrated its official launch April 27 with a $200,000 contribution from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group of insurance...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People 60 and older now have access to the first approved vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. The vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is called Arexvy and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The physical and societal harms that come from loneliness are so bad that America’s top public-health official has issued a rare advisory with a...
When rural counties lose their last labor-and-delivery unit, fewer expectant mothers in those counties get adequate prenatal care, even though that care is still available, according to a University of...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As vaccination rates in Kentucky decline, the Kentucky Rural Health Association is sponsoring an Immunization Summit on May 10 at the Embassy Suites in...