‘Understanding autism: A KET Forum’ premieres June 27
Autism, which is a complicated and often misunderstood neurological and developmental disorder, will be the subject of a forum on KET at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 27 and on...
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Autism, which is a complicated and often misunderstood neurological and developmental disorder, will be the subject of a forum on KET at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 27 and on...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky, where nearly one in four people are children, ranked 40th among states for the overall well-being of its children, dropping three slots from...
The Food and Drug Administration‘s external scientific committee unanimously recommended Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines be updated to thwart new versions of the virus, which is mutating about twice as fast...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The commission that manages the state’s opioid-settlement money voted June 13 to hold two public hearings to discuss the idea of funding development of...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is still losing more than 2,000 citizens a year to drug overdoses, but last year’s total was less than the year before, the...
Exceptional Living Centers of Lexington, which operates several Kentucky nursing homes. “has agreed to close two of its Louisville facilities, displacing roughly 200 people, after state inspectors uncovered serious problems...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Appalachian Community Cancer Alliance has launched a pilot project to improve lung-cancer screenings in rural Appalachia, and Pike County is part of it....
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has raised Medicaid reimbursement rates for home and community-based services and long-term-care facilities to help them deal with inflation, workforce shortages...
By Henry Fradell and Alexis Rowland Republished from The Conversation It has been seven years since North Carolina made headlines for enacting a “bathroom bill” — legislation intended to prevent...
Kentucky is one of the leading sleep-deprived states, ranking fourth in the percentage of adults reporting that they get less than seven hours of sleep per day, 40.5 percent. So says the...