Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Ysa Leon is questioning their future in Kentucky. The outcome of the state’s gubernatorial election this November will be a deciding factor. “I’ve told my...
Kentucky Health News Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he helped get $3.3 million for the Fletcher Group, a nonprofit founded by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, to build housing...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A national survey found that only 43% of parents have set up an online patient portal for their child and 41% said they had...
By Dr. Scottie B. Day University of Kentucky A recent report by the 2023 Kids Count Data Book studied how economic well-being, education, health and family support impacts a child’s overall...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Community health workers fill a vital role in meeting the health-care needs of Kentuckians. Now the state now has 11 more of them. CHWs...
he Kentucky Association of Health Plans is hosting its third annual vaccination pop-up clinic at the Kentucky State Fair and while supplies last, will give away free, unlimited ride wristbands...
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Sitting in high school classes was “always a struggle” for a young Joshua Claytor. He filled his papers with “doodles.” Certain math concepts eluded his...
By Dennis Kim and Norah Charles University of Kentucky Acupuncture involves the insertion of needles on specific points of the body. In Eastern terminology, it helps stimulate the flow of...
Kentucky Health News America has Generation X, Generation Z and more, but it also has “the sandwich generation,” adults between 40 and 59 who care for their aging parents and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed a lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers and drug manufacturers over an alleged insulin pricing scheme. The lawsuit...