Tag: health journalism
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Health Journalism Workshop offers a host of health-care story ideas from officials, health-care providers, journalists
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky journalists were challenged by policy makers, health experts and health journalists to write about Kentucky’s health issues and were presented with many story...
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Ky. to get $940,000 more a year to fight prescription drug abuse and heroin; top drug-abuse fighter coming to Ky. for workshop
The federal government will give Kentucky another $940,000 a year for the next four years to fight prescription drug abuse and heroin. The money is part of a new program...
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Free workshop on health coverage in Louisville Sept. 21; free lodging available to registrants who need to come the night before
Journalists covering health issues in Kentucky, from drug abuse to health reform, have a chance to immerse themselves in the subject at a free one-day workshop in Louisville on Sept....
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Stanford doctor starts local ‘Get Healthy Lincoln County’ program, plans to take it statewide via Kentucky Medical Association
Part of the effort: A weekend workout group in Stanford A Stanford physician who started a local movement for a healthier community plans to promote it statewide through the Kentucky...
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Man with heavy chicken pox and recent foreign travel prompts Danville hospital to close ER, say very little to local newspaper
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo) An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville...
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Adair paper’s health section is latest to appear in edition sent to all postal patrons; most stories are from Kentucky Health News
Kentucky newspapers appear to be publishing more special sections on health, supported by advertising from health-care providers. They often putting the sections into sample-copy editions that are mailed to all...
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Free screenings of new Kentucky colon-cancer documentary, plus Q and A, are scheduled in Louisville, Lexington and Hazard
The Colon Cancer Prevention Project is premiering its new documentary, “Catching a Killer: Colon Cancer in the Bluegrass,” in three select cities, before it starts airing on KET this summer....
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Seniors get a lot of anti-anxiety drugs, sometimes in dangerous combination with narcotics; Ky. ranks third in the nation in that
When Medicare’s drug program, called Part D, was put into place more than a decade ago, Congress decided to not pay for anti-anxiety medications. In 2013, when Medicare started paying...
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Herald-Leader reporter wins Nieman fellowship to study at Harvard; her goal is to help other papers cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala,Lexington Herald-Leader Mary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of...
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Harrodsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper, does three-part series on tobacco issues in Mercer County and statewide
In a state where more than one of every four adults smoke, tobacco is an issue in every county, but it’s rare for weekly newspapers to take a detailed look...