Author: Melissa Patrick
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Improving Kentuckians’ health will require education, fighting poverty; poor and less educated have poorer health, study shows
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increased access to insurance is just one part of the equation to improve the health of Kentuckians, improving poverty and increasing education levels are...
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Patient portals at Leitchfield hospital are breached in cyber attack; officials say it did not involve any data in state system
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center‘s patient portals were the target of a sophisticated cyber attack earlier this year, which may have breached protected patient...
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Kentucky’s uninsured rate continues to drop; now 9 percent
The share of Kentuckians who have no health coverage has dropped to 9 percent, according to the latest data from The Gallup Organization. That makes Kentucky second, following Arkansas, among...
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New combination vaccine for children, researched at U of L, could reduce number of children’s shots if approved by FDA
A new combination vaccine, awaiting its approval by the federal Food and Drug Administration, may reduce the number injections a child in the U.S. must get in order to be...
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Lawmakers and health officials meet to discuss increased use of heroin during pregnancy and thus, more addicted babies
Health officials and lawmakers met at the University of Kentucky Hospital Aug. 10 to discuss the increasing use of heroin among pregnant women and how this has caused a huge...
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Republicans call for de-funding Planned Parenthood in state; health secretary says that would lead to more teen pregnancies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republican gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin and the state House GOP caucus are calling for de-funding of Planned Parenthood in Kentucky, but Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear...
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New UK public-health dean, a Ky. native, says she will focus on state’s health disparities through partnerships and research
Donna Arnett Donna Arnett, associate dean at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Public Health and former president of the American Heart Association, has been named dean of the University...
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State says many screenings of Medicaid patients more than doubled after program was expanded under Obamacare
Countering assertions that Kentucky’s Medicaid expansion doesn’t guarantee health care, state officials have presented data showing that “Kentuckians on Medicaid were far more likely to get cancer screenings, physicals and...
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Ky. gets $3 million grant to expand substance abuse treatment for pregnant women after big jump in drug-dependent newborns
Kentucky will receive up to $3 million in federal grants over three years to provide expanded substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women in the Bluegrass and Cumberland regions...
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Kentucky’s local food movement is booming, but some say home-processing laws places undue burden on qualified entrepreneurs
The local food movement is alive and well in Kentucky, which leads the nation in federally funded local food projects, Janet Patton reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. In 2014, “Local food...