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Scientists argue over the origins of COVID-19 before U.S. Senate panel
WASHINGTON — Scientists debated the origins of COVID-19 on Tuesday, trading barbs over whether the bulk of evidence available points to a natural spillover event from a wild animal...
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Trauma, poverty, COVID-19 causing high rates of chronic absenteeism in Kentucky
The number of Kentucky youth who are chronically absent from school skyrocketed during the 2022-2023 school year. The reasons for chronic absenteeism are interconnected and complicated — and the...
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The anatomy of Kentucky’s blood supply, and why more need to donate
Quintissa Peake, like many people, doesn’t like needles. But the Letcher County woman can’t choose to avoid them. She lives with sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder that...
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Kentuckians’ access to mental health care lags. Paying providers more would help, says report.
Kentuckians are far more likely to pay out of pocket for mental and behavioral health services than for surgical or other medical care. This insight comes from a recent...
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Covid-19 misinformation persists four years after shelter-in-place
From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, forcing governments worldwide to issue stay-at-home...