Category: HEALTH POLICY
-
Covid-19 trend remains good, but governor says we have a way to go and cautions Kentuckians to not let their guard down
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics continue to move in...
-
Medicine treats individual patients; public health looks at causes and prevention of disease. Public-health dean explains her work.
Dean Donna Arnett, Ph.D. —– By Grace Colville UKNow, University of Kentucky Living in a pandemic has been an adjustment for everyone. Public health plays a larger role in the...
-
Flu cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but could still rise; as long as there are any cases, it’s not too late to get vaccinated
State graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows flu-like illness at low level but higher than last year —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After reaching a peak in...
-
New law protects consumers from surprise medical bills
Graphic from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As of Jan. 1, Americans who get surprise medical bills have new federal consumer protections....
-
New coronavirus cases in Ky. keep dropping, but it keeps killing; Ky. deaths over 13,000; new-vaccination rate continues decline
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the metrics used to measure the pandemic...
-
Cases and positivity rate continue to drop, but 28% of new cases are again in 18-and-unders, and hospitalizations remain high
Kentucky Health News graph from state data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus remain high, but...
-
McConnell: Time to wind down Covid-19 emergency; Beshear says Ky. still needs resources from it but is ‘pretty close to normal’
Sen. Mitch McConnell speaking on Senate floor. Photo captured from YouTube. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says it’s time to trust science and the...
-
Kentucky farmers, often beset by circumstances, can take advantage of a new program to support their mental health
Logo of the program, which began in 2020 —– The following story is from The Goldenrod, which normally covers rural Eastern and Central Kentucky. Editor Sarah Baird writes, “If you live...
-
Case numbers show the pandemic in Kentucky is on a decline, but cases in children are more than a quarter of the daily total
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted reports. (Click image to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Tuesday’s Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky offered yet another day...
-
UK researcher who pioneered faith-based project to tackle cervical cancer has expanded her work to the national level
Nancy Schoenberg —– By Alicia Gregory and Ben Corwin University of Kentucky The best solutions begin when you listen to the people whose problems you’re trying to solve. That community-based...