Category: FEATURED
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Ky. has a nursing shortage; SOAR issues a plan to address the issue in the east, where health care is the main employer
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
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Kentucky children’s well-being ranks 37th in U.S., foundation says
Data book ranks states in four major domains with 16 indicators to produce an overall rating. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children’s well-being,...
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New coroanvirus cases went up again last week, after a week of decline; N.Y. Times says state’s infection rate is still 2nd highest
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows state is a national hot spot. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After dropping 7.7%...
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Senate passes bill to limit Medicare drug costs, keep Obamacare discounts; Ky. senators vote no, citing tax increases, inflation
Kentucky Health News Senate Democrats passed a bill Sunday titled the Inflation Reduction Act, which would allow Medicare to negotiate with drug manufacturers to lower prices, as well as limiting...
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9 counties drop to low risk of Covid-19, but 80 remain at high risk; Kentucky infection rate second highest among the states
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s risk from Covid-19 fell slightly last week, based on the county-by-county risk as estimated by...
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Beshear says current state of Ky. law on abortion is ‘the most extremist in the nation’ because of no rape or incest exceptions
Beshear talks about abortion. (Screenshot from Facebook) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The current state of Kentucky’s law on abortion is “the most extremist in the nation” because it...
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‘Children are not little adults’ and need special care in heat waves
Photo by Cavan via Getty Images and Kaiser Health News —– By Emmarie Huetteman Kaiser Health News After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public-health experts...
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Feds will raise nursing-home payments, not cut them as planned
Nursing homes will get a big increase in payments from Medicare payments instead of the cut that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services originally planned. “In April, CMS proposed cutting Medicare Part A...
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Eastern Kentucky health-care workers and patients face more threats: heat, mold, mental-health and substance-abuse issues
Dr. Van Breeding (Photo: Ryan C. Hermens, Herald-Leader) —– The rescues and initial cleanup are over, but health-care workers in areas of Eastern Kentucky that were hit by flooding now face...
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