Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
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...
Albert Mohler —– When the first coronavirus vaccine was released in December, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler published an article in Kentucky Today, an online news service of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, giving...
peterschreiber.media, iStock/Getty Images Plus —– By Becky Dutch, Vince Venditto, Ashley Montgomery-Yates and Aaron Grubbs University of Kentucky As the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant continues to spread across the United States and hospitals’ Covid-positive intake numbers...
Dr. Amr El-Naggar —– In a big Kentucky county with a low coronavirus vaccination rate, a critical infection rate and Covid-19 patients filling its intensive-care beds, a doctor reached out...
By Kevin Kavanagh Republished from Infection Control Today Dr. Jerome Adams, surgeon general in the Trump administration, said this month that the guidelines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued in May...
By Dale Toney and Sarah Moyer There’s no doubt it’s been an incredibly difficult year for health care providers around the world. Stories of nurses, doctors and other medical professionals...
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh This Fourth of July I was able to celebrate with my immediate family, all but the children have been fully vaccinated. We are...
By Teri Carter Seven of us are crowded around a table for six in a packed Missouri restaurant called The Southerner, waiting for entrees that are taking forever to arrive. “Aw,...
Govs. Andy Beshear, Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Jay Inslee (Wash.) —– By Perry Bacon The Washington Post I was relieved in 2019 when voters in Kentucky, where I live, rejected...