Health News
Welcome to Kentucky Health News, a web log about events, trends, issues and ideas about health care and health in Kentucky, published by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, with assistance from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The blog is designed primarily to help Kentucky journalists cover health issues but also provides a public service to the health-care community.
- Psychologists Honor Khn Publisher Cross For Health Work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for "his outstanding career in journalism, his...
- Appalachian Ky. Newspapers Emphasized Political Voices In Coverage Of Obamacare In 2 Months Before Exchange Opened
Newspaper readers in Appalachian Kentucky rarely had the opportunity to read factual, impartial information about health-care reform in the two months before the new health-insurance system opened for enrollment. That is among the preliminary findings...
- Molly Burchett Is New Chief Writer For Kentucky Health News
Kentucky Health News welcomes a new reporter, writer and blogger: Molly Burchett, a master's student in health communication at the University of Kentucky. Burchett graduated from Transylvania University in 2009 where she studied business and communication....
- Free Rural Health Journalism Workshop June 3 In St. Louis
Health journalists are invited to attend a free workshop in St. Louis, Mo., aimed at finding the "untold rural health stories," on June 3. The workshop will provide journalists with resources and story ideas. "You'll hear about how surroundings and...
- Florida Is Slow To Close Valves On 'pill Pipeline'
The "pill pipeline" from Florida to Central Appalachia and other regions has not been closed despite the passage of laws in Florida to tighten controls on prescription painkillers, Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. (Herald-Leader photo:...
Health News
Welcome to Kentucky Health News
Welcome to Kentucky Health News, a web log about events, trends, issues and ideas about health care and health in Kentucky, published by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky, with assistance from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. The blog is designed primarily to help Kentucky journalists cover health issues but also provides a public service to the health-care community.
- Psychologists Honor Khn Publisher Cross For Health Work
The Kentucky Psychological Association recently recognized Kentucky Health News Publisher Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, for "his outstanding career in journalism, his...
- Appalachian Ky. Newspapers Emphasized Political Voices In Coverage Of Obamacare In 2 Months Before Exchange Opened
Newspaper readers in Appalachian Kentucky rarely had the opportunity to read factual, impartial information about health-care reform in the two months before the new health-insurance system opened for enrollment. That is among the preliminary findings...
- Molly Burchett Is New Chief Writer For Kentucky Health News
Kentucky Health News welcomes a new reporter, writer and blogger: Molly Burchett, a master's student in health communication at the University of Kentucky. Burchett graduated from Transylvania University in 2009 where she studied business and communication....
- Free Rural Health Journalism Workshop June 3 In St. Louis
Health journalists are invited to attend a free workshop in St. Louis, Mo., aimed at finding the "untold rural health stories," on June 3. The workshop will provide journalists with resources and story ideas. "You'll hear about how surroundings and...
- Florida Is Slow To Close Valves On 'pill Pipeline'
The "pill pipeline" from Florida to Central Appalachia and other regions has not been closed despite the passage of laws in Florida to tighten controls on prescription painkillers, Bill Estep reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. (Herald-Leader photo:...