Category: HEALTH POLICY
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UK’s new Food as Health Alliance will look at ways to use food to improve patient outcomes and Kentucky’s overall health
The University of Kentucky Food as Health Alliance celebrated its official launch April 27 with a $200,000 contribution from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group of insurance...
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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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Loneliness poses a public-health threat, prompting a rare advisory from the surgeon general, with a plan to rebuild social connections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The physical and societal harms that come from loneliness are so bad that America’s top public-health official has issued a rare advisory with a...
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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...
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All-day Immunization Summit to be held in Lexington May 10 to confront declining rates of vaccination in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As vaccination rates in Kentucky decline, the Kentucky Rural Health Association is sponsoring an Immunization Summit on May 10 at the Embassy Suites in...
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Ky. Covid-19 numbers continue to improve; study says even mild cases of the disease can be hard on the cardiovascular system
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State and federal measurements of Covid-19 in Kentucky continue to improve each week, but Kentuckians are still dying from the virus and new research...
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988 suicide-and-crisis lifeline is free and available to anyone in crisis; calls have increased 23% since launch nine months ago
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky calls to 988, the short, easy-to-remember crisis hotline for mental health, have increased by 23% since it rolled out nine months ago, and...
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First round of state grants from settlements with opioid makers and distributors, more than $8 million, go to 24 organizations
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the first 24 organizations to receive over $8 million in grant funding from the state Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission on...
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UK study finds children who were exposed to opioids before birth are more likely to develop chronic diseases when they grow up
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky What happens to the cardiovascular health of babies exposed to opioids in the womb? A new study at the University of Kentucky suggests that...
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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits legislature nixed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing benefits for Kentucky adults on Medicaid, after the legislature found similar...