Newport’s Ethos Labs to invest $2.2million to expand pain diagnostic laboratory healthcare services
Ethos Laboratories, which provides laboratory testing services for the health care industry, will expand its presence in Campbell County with…
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COVID cases and positive-test rate rise in Kentucky; deaths and hospital numbers decline
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Daily cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus are rising…
Students in UK’s Textile Testing Laboratory help develop durable PPE for healthcare workers
By Jordan Strickler University of Kentucky University of Kentucky students in the Textile Testing laboratory are helping develop durable, reusable…
Pain patients, doctors worry CDC’s revised opioid prescription guidelines won’t help patients enough
Kentucky Health News Opioid prescriptions in the U.S. have fallen more than 40 percent over the past decade in response…
Health bills among those passed and failed in the last two days of the legislative session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Republican legislature overrode more than two dozen of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes…
Three NKY charitable organizations partner with Anthem to COVID test kits to the homeless
The Brighton Center, Welcome House, Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicaid are joining…
FHK seeking nominations for 2022 Healthy Kentucky Champions awards program; deadline May 20
Calling all health leaders! The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking nominations for Kentuckians working to make a difference…
COVID cases in state dropped again, but positive-test rate, deaths ticked up a bit
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations dropped again in Kentucky last week, but deaths and the…
COVID cases wane but influenza cases are on uptick in Kentucky; get a flu shot
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News COVID-19 cases are on the wane across Kentucky, but influenza cases are on the…
Natalie Deering: Learning to meditate can have immediate and lasting benefits for mental health
How do you meditate? I remember asking myself this question when I was studying psychology at the University of Kentucky…
Inflatable Lung Exhibit kicks off statewide tour on Lung Health Day at St. E. Healthcare; check it out
In honor of Lung Health Day on April 12, St. Elizabeth Healthcare is kicking off the statewide tour of the…
Madison Ave. Christian Church partners with groups to host free Community Health Fair, April 11
Madison Avenue Christian Church (MACC) will join Northern Kentucky University’s Nurse Advocacy Center for the Underserved (NACU), Transitions, University of…
Kelly Taulbee: Thousands of Kentucky children at risk of losing health insurance; here’s what’s needed
For more than two years, the pandemic has brought no shortage of challenges to our Commonwealth. One silver lining, however,…
Gov. Beshear says $4million grant will help build public health AmeriCorps, increasing local services
Governor Andy Beshear announced a public health grant of $4,193,100 to expand the AmeriCorps presence in the Commonwealth, a partnership…
Recent genetic and medical study concludes no amount of alcohol is good for heart health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Although observational studies have indicated that moderate alcohol consumption is good for your heart,…
State Department of Public Health data shows sharp decline in new COVID cases, deaths, positivity rate
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today COVID-19 data released by the Kentucky Department for Public Health on Monday shows there has…
Governing: A national survey of public health workers shows one in three ready to walk away; it’s ‘an alarm’
By Carl Smith Governing A national survey of public health workers shows a workforce reeling from the one-two punch of a historic…
Most counties in KY are in ‘green’ zone for COVID; Governor says ‘keep up good work,’ get vaccinated
Governor Andy Beshear announced “great news” on the COVID front for Kentucky — almost every county in Kentucky is now…
Teachers at Ninth District Elementary School now have their own ‘wellness space’ thanks to grant
Covington Partners Stressed and sometimes overwhelmed, teachers at Ninth District Elementary School didn’t have a place to go at school…
Governor signs nine pieces of legislation into law, several are health and safety-related
Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law nine pieces of legislation recently passed by the General Assembly, and several of them…
Most Americans say they have had coronavirus; but concerns about serious COVID-19 illness decline
Kentucky Health News Most Americans say they have contracted the coronavirus, and the infected are more likely to be Republicans,…
Pandemic numbers approaching levels seen before Omicron variant surge; positivity rate at 2.29 percent
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky has declined to levels not seen since early last summer,…