Category: FEATURED
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School officials sound the alarm about students getting sick from vaping and the threat of illegal or deadly substances in devices
Harlan County school officials have “asked businesses to guard against selling vape pens to minors after students in a nearby county got sick from using vape pens that may have...
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Unvaccinated attendee of big revival has state’s third case of measles in 3 months; Ky. ranks very low in measles vaccinations
An unvaccinated Jessamine County resident who attended the large, spontaneous revival at Asbury University has Kentucky’s third reported case of measles in three months, the state Department for Public Health...
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Covid-19 risk remains low in most counties; only four estimated to have high risk; Kentucky’s 7-day infection rate is 16th in the nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s 120 counties continue to have a low risk of coronavirus transmission and only four of them are at high risk, according...
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Humana says it will drop commercial employer-sponsored health insurance and hopes to grow through government programs
Kentucky Health News Louisville-based Humana Inc., which originated as a nursing-home company 60 years ago, then became a hospital company and then a health-insurance company, is planning to transform itself...
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American Heart Month and Black History Month are the same month, and are related; Blacks are likelier to have heart disease
In February, we commemorate both American Heart Month and Black History Month, which presents an opportunity for us to raise awareness about cardiovascular health, remember the contributions of African Americans...
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Bill to ban transgender health or mental-health care of minors in Kentucky has a head of steam in the state House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A far-reaching anti-transgender bill filed Tuesday, Feb. 21, was assigned to a legislative committee the same day it was filed, has received the first...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but rate remains tops in nation and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for three weeks in a row, but the state’s new-case rate remains first in the nation, and...
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House panel advances bill to make insurers pay for testing that doctor says can lead to ‘miraculous’ treatment of certain cancers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require private and public insurance plans in Kentucky to cover biomarker testing for cancer and screenings for genetic-based reactions to drugs...
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Hospitals and health clinics prepare to take a post-pandemic hit as Medicaid drops people who no longer qualify for the program
By Casey Quinlan States Newsroom Donald Lloyd, CEO and president of St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead, has spent more than a year dealing with higher costs for food and medical...
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Regarding obesity as a disease raises questions about cost of drugs for treating it, and wisdom of diagnosing children too early Illustration by Shoshana Gordon, Axios
By Caitlin Owens Axios Doctors and medical experts are leading a rapid cultural shift around obesity, viewing it as a disease rather than a lifestyle choice. That shift is opening...