Category: FEATURED
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Bill to train people in first aid for mental health passes House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has unanimously passed the state House and is in the Senate. “The Mental...
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Database shows the basics of each rural hospital’s finances
Want to check the financial history of your local hospital? There’s a quick and easy way to get the fundamental figures, thanks to a reporting project last year on rural...
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Ads touting McConnell’s record on surprise billing, Medicare for All could be a surprise of their own, since they confuse the issues
Analysis by Al Cross Kentucky Health News A conservative group has started television and radio commercials in Kentucky and other states thanking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others in...
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Catholic hospital near Ashland to close, costing 1,000 jobs
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital opened in 1953. (Ashland Daily Independent photo) —– Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in the Ashland suburb of Russell will close by Sept. 30, says the Bon Secours...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products in Kentucky to 21, in compliance with federal law, passes first hurdle
Kendall Tubbs, Bonnie Hackbarth and Sen. Ralph Alvarado spoke for a bill to raise Kentucky’s legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By...
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Smoke-free advocates rally at state Capitol for three measures to decrease soaring youth use of electronic cigarettes
Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rally at state Capitol —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rallied in Frankfort Jan. 14 to call...
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Health issues poll: 75% of Ky. adults support tax on e-cigarettes; highest rate of use is in younger adults; about half recognize harm
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest Kentucky Health Issues Poll shows that three out of four Kentucky adults support taxing electronic cigarettes, which is the only tobacco product...
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Law enforcers report drug arrests on social media with sassy hashtags; experts say that reinforces stigma, inhibits treatment
Screenshot of Facebook post; click on the image for a larger version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky law-enforcement agencies are getting sassy in their social-media posts...
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Summary of research shows electronic cigarettes are not 95% safer than traditional cigarettes, as one industry ‘factoid’ claims
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A recent health journal article summarizes a growing body of research that refutes the oft-made claim that electronic cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful...