Newspapers big and small tackle Kentucky’s opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic, and the growing concern about stronger and more lethal painkillers, is getting plenty of coverage by major news outlets in Kentucky, one of the states most troubled...
Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The opioid epidemic, and the growing concern about stronger and more lethal painkillers, is getting plenty of coverage by major news outlets in Kentucky, one of the states most troubled...
A renowned surgeon barred from practicing or teaching at the University of Kentucky for abusive behavior said in a television interview this month that “I think you have to be...
A foundation that the University of Kentucky created to supplement pay for physicians has “gone beyond its scope,” its former director told the Lexington Herald-Leader for a long story examining...
A flossing demonstration (Associated Press photo: Julio Cortez) Flossing might help you have better oral health. But there’s no proof of it, despite decades of recommendations by dental experts, the...
A newspaper series on suicide as a public issue in Ohio is among the five finalists for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, which is given for aggressive reporting...
By Al Cross Editor and publisher, Kentucky Health News Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues Associate extension professor of journalism, University of Kentucky Kentuckians’ election of Matt Bevin,...
The federal government will give Kentucky another $940,000 a year for the next four years to fight prescription drug abuse and heroin. The money is part of a new program...
Drug overdoses from opioid use remain a concern in Eastern Kentucky, especially in poverty-stricken regions where coal mines have shuttered, Brian MacQaurrie reports for The Boston Globe. In 2014 Kentucky...
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo) An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville...