Day: August 11, 2016
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Survey of low-income Kentuckians, Arkansans suggests expansion of eligibility for Medicaid is making them healthier
A survey of people in Kentucky and other states suggests that the 2014 expansion of the Medicaid program under federal health reform is making them healthier. The telephone survey of...
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Appalachian Health and Well-Being Forum focused on the positive health initiatives going on in southeastern Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Scientists, community leaders and researchers gathered at the Appalachian Health and Well-Being Forum at Whitesburg in July to share information about successful health and...
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UK entomologist says Ky. not likely to have Zika outbreak this year, but state still sprays around homes of those few with virus
Aedes Aegypti mosquito (CDC photo) An entomologist from the University of Kentucky encourages Kentuckians to stay calm about the Zika virus because Kentucky does not have many of the mosquitoes...