"Though influenza activity typically peaks by February’s end, the flu season isn’t over – and a harsher strain called H3N2 has increase...
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Guthrie tries to preserve funding for Medicaid program that gets beneficiaries out of facilities and into community-based support-HEALTHYLIVE
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie says he is working to find money to save a program that is aimed at moving Medicaid beneficiaries from facilities to...
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Health providers and advocates oppose Medicaid co-payment, say it creates barrier to care and administrative burden-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health advocates at a regulatory meeting about the state's new Medicaid co-payment requiremen...
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Kentucky's level of volunteerism depends on how you measure it; studies show that volunteer work helps your health-HEALTHYLIVE
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky chart; for a larger version, click on it Most Kentucky adults are involved in some community ac...
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Bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco products to 21 fails on 4-6 committee vote; bill's effectiveness questioned, called 'PR move'-HEALTHYLIVE
Sen. Steve Meredith, middle, with Altria Vice President David Fernandez, right, and Juul Labs lobbyist Jennifer Cunningham on his...
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Ambulance runs for rural patients are 76% longer when their hospital closes, and for seniors, it's 98% longer, study finds-HEALTHYLIVE
Rural and Underserved Health Research Center chart; click on it to enlarge When a rural hospital closes, it's logical to assu...
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Report on Medicaid pharmacy managers confirms they make a profit at the expense of pharmacies; calls for new payment model-HEALTHYLIVE
A "long-awaited state report" on how pharmacy benefit managers are paid seems to confirm the suspicion that they "are reaping...
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Tobacco-free schools bill is in trouble in the House; sponsor, a Republican, can't get enough of her party's members to be for it-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to make all Kentucky school properties and events tobacco-free is in trouble in the state ...
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State health officials rejected plea to move faster against hepatitis A outbreak, now the nation's largest and deadliest-HEALTHYLIVE
As part of a package of stories about Kentucky's hepatitis A outbreak, which is the "worst this century, sickening nearly 4,100 a...
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Poll finds those with dental insurance are more likely to visit the dentist, and insurance often depends on income-HEALTHYLIVE
Nearly 60 percent of Kentucky adults saw a dentist in the past year, but 26 percent said they delayed dental care because it cost too much, ...
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Policy can often improve a state's health more than healthcare; report offers 13 policies known to work, Ky only does 6 -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Improving a state's health outcomes and lowering healthcare costs often has less to do with h...
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Apply by March 1 for expenses-paid rural-health fellowship to attend Association of Health Care Journalists conference-HEALTHYLIVE
The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering fellowships to attend its May 2-5 conference in Baltimore , including one for rep...
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U of L publicly seeks partner to buy Jewish Hospital and affiliates-HEALTHYLIVE
Map from U of L request for proposals for joint venture involving facilities of KentuckyOne Health The University of Louisville...
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Lobbyists create tracking tables that make it easier to keep up with bills; legislature also offers free 'Bill Watch' service-HEALTHYLIVE
As the 2019 General Assembly moves into the second half of its session, it can be easy to lose track of the many health-related bills, but a...
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This year's influenza vaccine is more effective than last year's; still plenty of flu season left, and shots are available-HEALTHYLIVE
Flu vaccinations are easy to get. (Photo from Livestrong.com) This year's flu vaccine is more effective than last year's ...
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New House health chair says she asked for the job because 'health care is too important to leave to chance'-HEALTHYLIVE
State Rep. Kim Moser in her office (Photo by Al Cross) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new chair of the state Hous...
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Fewer and fewer Kentuckians over the past decade have told pollsters that their general health is very good or excellent-HEALTHYLIVE
The number of Kentucky adults who say they're in very good or excellent health has gradually declined over the last decade, from almost ...
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Gov. Matt Bevin says he would support a medical marijuana bill; prospects for that are better in the House than in the Senate-HEALTHYLIVE
Gov. Matt Bevin greeted Lincoln County citizens before his forum in Stanford. (Photo from The Interior Journal ) Gov. Matt Bevi...
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Half of U.S. adults don't know the five symptoms of a heart attack; Ky. ranks second in the share of the population who've had one-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About 50 percent of American adults don't know the five common symptoms of a heart attack, ev...
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Passport sues state over reduced reimbursements, says officials are trying to put Ky.'s only nonprofit MCO out of business-HEALTHYLIVE
Passport CEO Mark Carter testified before a legislative committee in Frankfort last month. (Image from WDRB ) Kentucky's onl...
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Some advice for rural residents about getting to physical therapy: tap into your 'sheer cussed determination'-HEALTHYLIVE
Living in a rural area makes it much harder to access physical therapy, to the point where "sometimes it takes sheer cussed determinati...
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