Trump administration wants to drop Obama rule, tied up in court, that would ban binding arbitration in nursing-home disputes

"The Trump administration is pushing to scrap a rule that would have made it easier for nursing home residents to sue nursing homes for...

State health department offers safety tips for Aug. 21 solar eclipse; cautions to not look directly at it without eye protection

In an eclipse, the moon shadows part of Earth. The Kentucky Department of Public Health is warning the public to not look directly at the s...

Health foundation offers workshop to help businesses implement smoke-free policies; smokers cost businesses extra $5,800/year

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is offering a workshop to help businesses learn how to implement smoke-free policies in their workpla...

National panel studying surface coal mining's effects on health sets meetings Mon. night in Hazard, Tue. afternoon in Lexington

In a study of possible health risks from large-scale strip mining, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will hold tw...

Cabinet for Health and Family Services promotes health and wellness at state fair, and collects duffel bags for foster kids

helpourkidsinc.org The Kentucky State Fair is not just a great place to support Kentucky's agriculture or to spend the day on the midway...

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky calls for statewide smoking ban, pushing people to quit by raising tobacco tax $1 a pack

Ben Chandler Kentucky's poor health is hurting its economy, and the state needs a smoking ban and a big increase in its cigarette tax to...

Scenario for reviving Obamacare repeal: Name Manchin to head Energy Dept. and replace him with a Republican senator

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could get the 50th vote he needs to pass an Obamacare repeal bill through a political shuffle by Pres...

Trump doesn't want to compromise or 'move on' from health bill, as McConnell called for, but aides disagree, Politico reports

"There's a divide between the president, who doesn't want to compromise or move on, and officials who would quietly prefer to l...

Health secretary says 'No one is going to be pushed off Medicaid,' but plan says fewer will have it, and has pitfalls to lose coverage

Health Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson on KET By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin's proposal to overhaul the st...

Kentucky newspapers showed much more interest this year in the County Health Rankings, no matter if they were good or bad

By Elizabeth Spencer and Al Cross Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media ...

Deadline for Obamacare individual-market insurers extended to Sept. 5; insurers still unsure if cost-sharing subsidies will continue

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Insurers in the Obamacare marketplace for individual coverage have been given three more weeks to fi...

New state public-health veterinarian appointed; her responsibility is diseases that spread from animals to humans

Dr. Kelly Giesbrect According to the World Health Organization , nearly 75 percent of the new diseases that have affected humans over the pa...

Top-hospital list includes 7 in Ky.: UK, St. Elizabeth, Baptist in Lexington and Louisville, Norton, Jewish and, newly, Owensboro

Seven of Kentukcky's hospitals have met the "high U.S. News standards" and been named "Best Regional Hospitals" in t...

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky seeks information from health coalitions for directory

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is updating its directory of local health coalitions and is asking groups that work to improve health...

State gives 28 school districts grants to teach children healthy life choices and to avoid drugs, alcohol and tobacco

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If you have ever heard Kentucky's Health Commissioner Hiram Polk speak, you have likely heard hi...

Appalachians die sooner than 20 years ago, and region has a higher infant-death rate than U.S.; both attributed to smoking

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People who live in Appalachia are dying sooner than two decades ago, and the region has a higher inf...

Most public comments about changes to Medicaid proposal opposed it; comments of approval came with concerns

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 1,000 Kentuckians submitted comments about Gov. Matt Bevin's proposed modifications to...

Pediatric heart surgery has resumed at UK, in partnership with Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Magdalen Wilson, one of the first UK pediatric heart surgery patients since it re-opened, with parents Thom and Lauren Wilson of Nicholasvil...

Registration is open for Nov. 3 HealthWatch USA conference in Lexington on health-care transparency and patient safety

Somerset-based HealthWatch USA will hold its annual Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety conference Nov. 3 in Lexington. In addition ...

Trump threat to stop ACA subsidies makes insurers jumpy; one pulled its rate filing for 61 Ky. counties, has until Aug.16 to refile

Update 8/11/17: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has extended the rate filing deadline for 2018 Obamacare marketplace plans un...

Governor's office placing painted rocks with anti-drug messages around state to spark social-media attention to opioid epidemic

Rocks painted with anti-drug messages, in a vehicle console Gov. Matt Bevin's office says it is putting painted rocks around the state t...