Category: FEATURED
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Opinion: Misinformation, inaction and politics seem to be limiting Kentucky schools’ response to recent increase in Covid-19 cases
By Kevin Kavanagh As Kentucky’s fall school year commences it has achieved another first in the nation, first to have two school district closings associated with Covid-19. Politics, inaction and...
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Young heavy drinkers much more likely to carry a handgun
Kentucky Health News A young person in rural America who drinks heavily is 43% more likely to carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a study conducted in seven...
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Kentucky Opioid Symposium will be held Oct. 9-10 in Lexington
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission will host what it calls its inaugural opioid symposium Oct. 9 and 10 in Lexington. The two-day conference will feature presentations...
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Research finds ‘long Covid’ could be linked to changes in cells in people with severe Covid-19; underscores importance of vaccine
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A small study has found that severe cases of Covid-19 can lead to lasting changes in the human immune system, the first line of...
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Kentucky has nation’s highest rate of a type of cancer that can be prevented with a vaccine recommended for 11- and 12-year-olds
By Erin Poteet University of Kentucky Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus — a dire statistic considering HPV can be largely preventable through...
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Ky. Covid hospitalizations more than double, and exceed U.S. rate, but hospitals say they have been small and ‘manageable’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen an uptick in Covid-19 cases, and local outbreaks, along with other illnesses, have shut down several school districts. This has also...
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Overdose Awareness Day was opportunity to raise awareness and reduce stigma of drug use; now it’s National Recovery Month
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Each year, the last day of August is observed as International Overdose Awareness Day, to raise awareness of overdoses, acknowledge the grief felt by...
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Cameron declines to give more details of plan for work rules in Medicaid; Beshear says Cameron ‘heck-bent’ on cutting benefits
Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that Attorney General Daniel Cameron, his opponent in the Nov. 7 election, appears “heck-bent” on changing the Medicaid program in ways that...
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Three U.S. appeals court judges hear arguments on new law restricting health care for transgender minors in Kentucky
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A three-judge federal panel on Friday heard opposing arguments over Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, after first hearing arguments in a...
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September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; American Cancer Society provides info on prevention, risk and treatment
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When prostate cancer is detected early, the odds of survival are high. That is the message being spread far and wide in September, which...