Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Marijuana is often used during pregnancy, but it can get the child off to a lower-than-average start on development and health
Users and sellers of marijuana may suggest that expectant mothers use it to alleviate side effects of pregnancy, especially morning sickness, and research has found that it is the drug...
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After three years of Medicaid enrollments piling up to a record number, those on the program must go through a renewal process
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians on Medicaid need to pay attention to any correspondence from the state’s Medicaid program. The Department for Medicaid Services has resumed its annual...
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New UK medical-school graduate plans to pay it forward with a career in rural Kentucky, which needs many more physicians
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky‘s Rural Physician Leadership Program is designed to increase the number of doctors in rural Kentucky, with graduates like Pike County native...
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The sickest rural Americans may be the least able to afford care
A new study by the University of Southern Maine shows that in the two years prior to the pandemic, rural residents who were the most in need of medical care...
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Questions and answers about end of public-health emergency
By Kate Yandell SciCheck, a service of FactCheck May 11 marked the end of the federal public health emergency for Covid-19, bringing changes to health care and public benefits. These...
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End of public-health emergency means less frequent reporting, and Covid-19 is still circulating, so take care, doctors advise
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Mostly-green maps have become a symbol of the decline of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the end of the national public-health emergency on Thursday, Kentucky...
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If you have ever been helped by a nurse, thank them, but especially in May; it’s National Nurses Month
By Donna Meador Kentucky Nurses Association May is National Nurses Month. As the professional organization representing all of Kentucky’s 90,000 nurses, the Kentucky Nurses Association would like to take a...
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National public-health emergency for Covid-19 ends Thursday but experts warn that another Omicron-like outbreak is still possible
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, and the U.S. public health emergency ends May 11, but the pandemic is not over and the disease remans a threat, the...
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FDA approves first-ever RSV vaccine for people 60 and older
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People 60 and older now have access to the first approved vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. The vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is called Arexvy and...
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When rural hospitals stop delivering babies, fewer expectant mothers receive prenatal care, Iowa study finds
When rural counties lose their last labor-and-delivery unit, fewer expectant mothers in those counties get adequate prenatal care, even though that care is still available, according to a University of...