Author: Melissa Patrick
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Anyone returning from an Ebola-stricken country will be monitored by health authorities for three weeks
All travelers who arrive in the U.S. from the Ebola-stricken countries — Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia — will be closely monitored for 21 days by public health officials, Dr....
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Medicaid expansion boosts preventive care
More Kentuckians than ever are using preventive care services since the state expanded Medicaid on Jan. 1, reports FamiliesUSA, a lobby for federal health reform that included the expansion. Recent data...
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Rural Ky. hospitals make sure they are ready for Ebola
Rural hospitals in Kentucky are making sure they are prepared in the event they get a patient with the Ebola virus, Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. The risk of Ebola...
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News media blamed for most of Ebola scare; experts continue to say that risk of infection is low
The reaction of many Americas regarding the Ebola virus has gone beyond what is medically necessary, but is a natural reaction to fear, Maggie Fox reports for NBC News. Medical...
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Nine hospitals in Kentucky get maximum Medicare penalty for readmissions; they blame socioeconomic factors
Article updated 10/20/2014 Nine hospitals in Kentucky, eight of them in Appalachia, have been hit with the highest penalty possible by Medicare for high rates of patient readmission. This is...
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2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day observance includes a photography contest; submissions are due by Nov. 7
Part of the 2014 Kentucky Rural Health Day celebration this year is the “Bridges to Rural Health” Photo Contest. Participants are asked to submit photos that express this year’s theme,...
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Boone County school bans all food at school birthday celebrations, partly in an effort to combat childhood obesity
Burlington Elementary School in Boone County has banned all food during birthday celebrations, including ice cream and cake, as part of its new wellness policy, Jessica Brown reports for The...
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A close call with his heart helped a 36-year-old man change his life; UK opening cardiovascular unit to help those like him
A lifetime of eating poorly and smoking a pack of cigarettes a day landed one man in the hospital with a heart condition that usually kills half of its victims;...
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Ky. Rural Health Assn. gives UK’s James Norton the Dan Martin Award for Lifetime Contributions to Rural Health
James Norton of the University of Kentucky is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for Lifelong Contributions to Rural Health, which honors a health care professional who has...
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Most Kentucky schools adapting well to new federal nutrition rules, USDA official with Kentucky background says
While one Kentucky school district has ditched the federal school-meals program and the money that comes with it, an official of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer...