Baptist Health Madisonville Starting Sept. 1, the hospital in Madisonville will be jointly operated by Baptist Health , which has ...
Read More
Aducanumab Approval, Part 2Healthy Care Renewal
So how did a drug with such dubious benefit get approved? At best, another clinical trial might be warranted, but certainly not approval. It...
Read More
People in recovery, and people trying to help them, talk about it at Chamber's annual meeting designed to help employers help, tooHealthy Care
By Jacqueline Pitts The Bottom Line , Ky. Chamber of Commerce Kentuckians who are in recovery from substance-use disorder, and people who...
Read More
FDA Approval of Aducanumab Healthy Care Renewal
Almost twenty years ago, I was a volunteer nursing-home ombudsman. The doctor at the nursing home I visited was a huge proponent of preventi...
Read More
The pandemic isn't over: Virus activity in Kentucky is picking up as the more contagious Delta variant spreads across the countryHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily case reports By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After three weeks...
Read More
McConnell keeps promoting shots as daily vaccinations in Ky. fluctuate around 10,000; first sweepstakes drawing is FridayHealthy Care
McConnell in Louisville on Monday (Photo by Yasmine Yumaa, WFPL) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on a tour of Kentucky du...
Read More
Ky. OSHA complaints rose 45% in 2020, partly due to pandemic; issues are likely to linger as workplaces try to get back to normalHealthy Care
Courier Journal graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News Kentucky workers filed 45 percent more occupational safety and health comp...
Read More
Salmonella outbreaks in backyard poultry sicken KentuckiansHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News Chickens are common in Kentucky backyards....
Read More
Louisville-based columnist for Washington Post includes Beshear and two other governors among list of heroes of the pandemicHealthy Care
Govs. Andy Beshear, Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Jay Inslee (Wash.) By Perry Bacon The Washington Post I was relieved in 2019 when vo...
Read More
Six of the state's 61 health departments are losing their directors; pandemic made some of them delay or advance their departureHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 10 percent of the state's health departments are losing their directors, with five ret...
Read More
'Functionally 100%' of new coronavirus cases this month have been among the unvaccinated; back-to-work incentive offeredHealthy Care
Washington Post chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Ma...
Read More
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks at Rural Health Journalism Workshop about boosting federal nutrition programsHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Department of Agriculture is making sure children have enough to eat this summer, updating t...
Read More
Risks of vaccines are very small, but 1 in 4 Kentucky adults think those risks outweigh the benefits of getting vaccinatedHealthy Care
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll, Feb. 11-March 12, 2021; error margin +/-3.5 percentage points By Melissa Patrick Kentuck...
Read More
Ky. is reporting fewer than 200 new coronavirus cases per day, and the share of residents testing positive has fallen below 2%Healthy Care
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Leadin...
Read More
Kentucky still ranks 37th in well-being of children in latest Kids Count Data Book, but not progressing as much as other statesHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children's well-being, released June 21 by the Annie E. Ca...
Read More
Temporary Medicaid ending; special marketplace enrollment period ends Aug. 15; premium-free COBRA ends in SeptemberHealthy Care
FamiliesUSA graphic By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have about two more months to buy reduced-cost heal...
Read More
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)