Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Joe Namath, in image from Medicare Advantage TV commercial aired in Fall 2020 —– By Trudy Lieberman It seems nothing ever changes when it comes to hawking insurance to fill...
Waiting in an emergency department (RogerStanmore.com) —– Emergency rooms across the country are overrun, largely due to Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases, and people who go to ERs face long wait...
The Press spotlighted the Covid-19 deaths of a local couple. —– Many Kentucky newspapers are making extra efforts to increase vaccination against the coronavirus, by fighting misinformation with the facts,...
By Al Cross Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Ky. Millions of Americans say they have decided not to get vaccinated to protect themselves, their families...
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh I must say I have lost all patience and have just had enough. Never in the history of the United States has the...
Joshua Embry —– By Joshua Embry In graduate school I wrote a paper about the violence that health-care workers experience at the hands of patients. I had witnessed such behavior...
As a boy I fought polio. Today, America’s been polio-free for 40 years thanks to vaccination. We’ll beat COVID-19 with vaccines too. Protect yourself and your family. Get vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/7rtr7cqOD2...
This photo, by Nicole Hester of mlive.com, appeared with Whitmire’s column on al.com. —– By Kyle Whitmire Alabama Media Group I was 10 years old when my mom died. She was killed...
House (Berea College photo) —– In a 1,634-word article for The Atlantic, Appalachian Kentucky writer Silas House explores the resistance to masking to fight the coronavirus. He begins by recalling his grandmother’s stories of...
David Whitlock —– By David Whitlock Republished from The Lebanon Enterprise Dear Covid et al., I’ve hesitated about writing, but you might as well know how I feel about you...