By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News The House passed a watered-down bill to address youth vaping Thursday, Feb. 22, after a committee removed provisions to require vape shops be licensed...
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsWhile still considered high, Kentucky hospitalizations for respiratory disease dropped 15% in the week ending Feb. 17 after increasing in the previous week. The state...
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News A bill aimed at preventing people from coming to Kentucky solely to establish residency so that they can sign up for drug treatment to...
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern As a dental hygienist working with low-income schoolchildren in Louisville, Jennifer Hasch said the untreated tooth disease she saw was shocking. Some teens had...
By faculty and staff of the HEALing Communities StudyUniversity of Kentucky Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is about 50 times stronger than heroin, making it an incredibly powerful...
Kentucky Health News Rural hospitals are in more trouble than ever, and 418 of them are “vulnerable to closure,” according to a study of their finances by Chartis, a...
Kentucky Health News In May 2017, three men came to Pineville, Ky., the Bell County seat of 1,700 people, looking for business from Pineville Community Hospital, which had just...
Kentucky Health News Rural hospitals are in more trouble than ever, and 418 of them are “vulnerable to closure,” according to a study of their finances by Chartis, a...
By Sam QuinonesRepublished from The Free Press In early 2020, Mandi Fugate Sheffel, 42, opened a tiny bookstore in her hometown of Hazard. Everyone thought she was crazy. Downtown...
Kentucky Health News February is American Heart Month, which focuses on the fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and ways to lower...
