Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The South Carolina Supreme Court has become the first to find a right to abortion in a state constitution since the U.S. Supreme Court said last June that there is...
Women who want to use a pill to end their pregnancy in the first 10 weeks will now be able to get it directly from health-care providers and pharmacies. The...
With a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus now dominant in the U.S., vaccinated people may be more likely to develop Covid-19 but still be well protected from serious disease,...
Kristi Putnam, who was deputy secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services during the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, has been named secretary of the Arkansas...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News People with a medical provider’s statement saying they have at least one of 21 specified medical conditions can now possess up to eight ounces...
By Al CrossKentucky Health News The latest Centers for Disease Control map of Covid-19 risks in Kentucky is about the same as last week’s, but “Covid is definitely increasing,” Gov....
Robert Slaton, a health-care consultant and former Kentucky public-health commissioner who was a catalyst for various health-improvement projects in the state, including Passport Health Plan and Kentucky Health News, died Dec. 27...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most Kentuckians probably don’t know much about Medicaid, but for more than one in three people in the state, it is a lifeline. In...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Critical access hospitals celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2022. The designation was created to ensure the financial viability of the nation’s small, rural hospitals....
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After not ranking states for two years due to the pandemic, America’s Health Rankings again placed Kentucky among the 10 unhealthiest states, ranking its healthiness 43rd,...