Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – As legislators scrambled to meet a deadline to pass a budget they can protect from the governor'...
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Bill to spur disposal of painkillers goes to Bevin; CVS says 9 of its Ky. pharmacies now have medication-disposal unitsHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill designed to inform Kentuckians about the importance of getting rid of th...
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The Dander Riseth Ever Higher: Shulkin Case Emblematic of DysfunctionHealthy Care Renewal
This is numero sesto if memory serves in a series of what gets one's dander up in this era of dysfunctional health care. Of course toda...
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County-by-county figures on Medicaid enrollment updatedHealthy Care
How many people in your county are beneficiaries of the federal-state Medicaid program? How many of them are on Medicaid, thanks to its 2014...
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How Do We Counter Health Care Disinformation Under a Disinformer-in-Chief?Healthy Care Renewal
"Don't worry, things could be worse. And sure enough, things got worse." Disinformation in Medicine and Health Care Steal...
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State not keeping up with 'explosion' of babies with hepatitis CHealthy Care
Courier Journal charts The dangerous liver virus hepatitis C "has skyrocketed among Kentucky births amid the state’s raging ...
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No-penalty bill to require bicycle helmets dies, as some senators counted as 'yes' votes fail to show up for final committee meetingHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – A no-penalty bill to require children under 12 to wear a helmet when bicycling...
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Kentucky at or near top in several measures of binge drinkingHealthy Care
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Binge drinking in Kentucky, which has been rising in recent years, is now among the heaviest in the nati...
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House bill to allow detention and treatment of revived overdose victims falls short in Senate panel and is likely dead for sessionHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Despite considerable support for the concept, a bill to allow first responders ...
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State leads nation in local syringe exchanges; still lacking in most counties judged vulnerable to disease outbreaks from IV drug useHealthy Care
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has long ranked high among the states in the number of counties. Now it leads the nation in the...
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Fiscal court in county with serious drug problem narrowly approves syringe exchange; city council is remaining hurdleHealthy Care
Clinton County ( Wikipedia map) Clinton County, which has a serious drug-abuse problem, is one step away from becoming the fift...
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Rural health clinics claim drug makers and distributors 'created and engineered' opioid epidemic, seek national class actionHealthy Care
"Two rural Kentucky health clinics are trying to open a new front in the legal battle against drug companies that allegedly used improp...
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Sex-ed bill to require abstinence and monogamy be taught nears final passage; foes want comprehensive curriculumHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A Senate bill to require Kentucky schools to teach abstinence and monogamy in sex-education progr...
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Denied federal funding, study on the health effects of mountaintop-removal coal mining has been abandonedHealthy Care
"After Trump administration officials ordered a halt to a study on the health effects of mountaintop removal last fall, the study’s c...
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Optometry bill delivered to the governor after Senate changesHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to regulate online eye exams has been delivered to Gov. Matt Bevin after getting final pas...
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New interactive map shows county-level data on Appalachian opioid ODs correlated with socioeconomic dataHealthy Care
A screen cap from the map showing opioid overdose rates with the highest rates in dark blue. (Click the image to enlarge it.) A ...
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And the Dander Keeps On RisingHealthy Care Renewal
This is número cinco in our series of attempts to shed some of this dander. But it keeps on rising. Here are two recent reports both relati...
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Mrs. Smith Goes to WashingtonHealthy Care Renewal
Newly-appointed Minnesota Senator Tina Smith is off to an energetic start, challenging the powers-that-be in Washington, starting with Big P...
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