
KY can soon provide Medicaid health coverage to those in re-entry from prison
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of five additional states that will soon provide Medicaid health coverage…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of five additional states that will soon provide Medicaid health coverage…
The director of a district health department with a syringe exchange has voiced disappointment to her local newspaper over Attorney…
Staying hydrated is essential to maintaining health, especially during summer months. Aside from preventing dehydration, the Centers for Disease Control…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Men’s Health Month in June is a reminder for men to think about their…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fayette County continues to experience a whooping cough outbreak, part of a statewide year-to-year…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky received a D grade on the second annual report from the Policy Center…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As summer approaches and people begin to head to pools, lakes, ponds and streams,…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of the Kentucky hospitals graded on a nonprofit group’s twice-a-year report card for…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In its 2024 session the Kentucky General Assembly has passed dozens of health-related bills…
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Several Kentucky water systems, mostly on and near the Ohio River, will have to…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address an unfair playing field between commercial pharmacy-benefit managers and independent…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health says respiratory virus activity ticked up a bit in Kentucky…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated, but are declining, and hospitalizations for overall respiratory illness…
Kentucky Health News More Americans are opting out of COVID-19 vaccinations; survey shows the choice can be based on political…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill aimed at decreasing the state’s high maternal-mortality rate was approved by the…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While emergency-department visits and hospital admissions related to respiratory illness were again less numerous…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Emergency-department visits and hospital admissions for respiratory disease in Kentucky have dropped for three…
Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of dispensed prescriptions for a new class of diabetes and obesity…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 130 people attended the first Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission meeting under the group’s…
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Monday, Jan. 15, is considered by some to be “Blue Monday,” the most naturally…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Like the rest of the nation, Kentucky saw another big jump in influenza cases…
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A big jump in influenza cases more than outweighed small declines in COVID-19 and…