Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The executive director of the state Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission spent a fair amount of time at its latest meeting assuring attendees, both in...
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Abortion in Kentucky remains illegal in almost all cases while a lawsuit by the state’s two abortion providers over the issue...
Now that President Biden and Republicans agree they won’t cut Medicare and Social Security, the federal-state Medicaid program will be on the table as Republicans try to get concessions for...
“The pandemic highlighted ineffective data infrastructure across the U.S. health system,” reports Sam Whitehead of Kaiser Health News. “Coronavirus case reports sent by fax machine. Clunky tech for monitoring vaccine...
he Kentucky laws banning abortion “do not legally permit the standard-of-care treatment for a nonviable pregnancy,” writes Alex Acquisto of the Lexington Herald-Leader. “As a result, doctors must refer patients...
What is it like for Kentuckians to buy cannabis in another state under Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order? WUKY‘s Karyn Czar, who has one of the 21 medical conditions specified...
The U.S. is experiencing a record outbreak of bird flu, a virus that is currently deemed a low risk to humans, but has hiked prices of eggs and poultry. The...
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill filed Tuesday would require health benefit plans in Kentucky to cover biomarker testing for cancer, with the goal of improving the state’s dismal...
Four nonprofit mental-health agencies in Kentucky are creating a new partnership that they say will help them improve clinical programs and alliances and protect the safety-net services in rural communities....
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined a coalition of 20 Republican attorneys general in sending a letter to Walgreens and CVS saying their plans to...