Nineteen protesters opposing Senate Bill 150 in the gallery were arrested as the House voted to overrode the veto of a bill to ban gen...
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Coronavirus cases up 8.7% over prior week; Covid-19 deaths fall, but remain above month's average; state attributed 49 last weekHealthy Care
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Ne...
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Almost all of Kentucky has a low risk of Covid-19, CDC says; N.Y. Times ends daily data reporting, citing frequency of states' dataHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but five of Kentucky's 120 countie...
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All 45 and older should be screened for colon cancer, earlier if you have family history of it; Ky. has made much progress against itHealthy Care
Colon Cancer Prevention Project graphic Ky. Health News March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which serves to remind everyo...
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Beshear vetoes bill that would ban gender-affirming care for Kentuckians under 18; Republicans are expected to override itHealthy Care
Gov. Andy Beshear (State photos) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a far-reaching bill that wo...
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Legislature takes away Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits Beshear granted; he indicates he will do it another wayHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In October, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion of dental, vision and hearing ben...
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Opinon: Gender dysphoria may have a basis in human biology Healthy Care
By Kimberly Kennedy Most of us witnessed with horror the passage of anti-transgender bill SB150 by legislators who ignored overwhelming op...
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Beshear bans sale of products with tianeptine, unapproved drug with opioid-like effects that has caused overdoses and deathsHealthy Care
Some of the products that contain tianeptine (Photo from Center for Science in the Public Interest ) Gov. Andy Beshear has signed...
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Seats available at Mar. 28 Recovery in the Workplace ConferenceHealthy Care
Author Sam Quiñones at an earlier Chamber conference The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is hosting its fifth annual Recovery in the...
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New coronavirus cases dropped again last week in Kentucky, but state-recorded deaths from Covid-19 have another weekly jumpHealthy Care
N.Y. Times map of new-case rates has Menifee County as a hot spot. By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News Last week, new coronavirus...
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Get prepared now for Medicaid renewals, KentuckyHealthy Care
By Kennan Wethington President, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky When Covid-19 hit three years ago, the federal government r...
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How to create a successful fitness plan this springHealthy Care
Photo from PeopleImages | iStock / Getty Images Plus By Dr. Robert G. Hosey University of Kentucky Scientists have found that r...
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Legislature passes bill aimed at preventing doctor burnout by saying they don't have to report seeking mental-health treatmentHealthy Care
Photo from Getty Images via Kentucky Lantern By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill aimed at preventing burnout among physician...
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Kentucky legislature sends governor a bill to regulate Delta-8 THCHealthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to a court decision last ...
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George Rawlings, who founded industry that recovers health-care costs from patients who get settlements or judgments, dies at 77Healthy Care
George Rawlings George Rawlings, who made a fortune by starting an industry that recovers health-care providers' costs of cari...
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Vast majority of Kentucky continues to have low risk of Covid-19Healthy Care
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maps, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but...
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Former state health commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson is the new board chair of the Trust for America's HealthHealthy Care
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, who was state health commissioner in 2012-15, is the new board chair ...
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Bill to address postpartum depression and other maternal mental-health problems has passed and awaits the governor's action Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure greater access to information and resources for mental-health care before and af...
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