Members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) went to Frankfort for their 7th annual rally after COVID forced them to go virtual the past couple years.
Through education and outreach, Lexington group Colors of Promise is working to change the statistics by being a link to hope for women of color in Kentucky.
The facility will accommodate students in the school’s nursing program. It is more than 8,000 square feet and is in PMC’s health and Wellbeing Learning Center.
The governor said the nursing shortage is so severe he is declaring a state of emergency and signed an executive order that sets up a number of steps to make recruitment easier.
Some people are accustomed to hearing the roll of a suitcase, but some children have never heard a zip before —only the rumbling of a garbage bag signaling a new move
Kentucky healthcare systems have been plagued by a nursing shortage, and a new survey conducted by the Kentucky Nurses Association revealed there are several driving factors including low pay, lack of staff, and exhaustion.
United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack included the project through Appalachian Regional Healthcare as part of an announcement of more than $3.7 million of broadband funding on Friday.
There was some good news Thursday in tackling health care disparities in rural Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky Univeristy and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are finding solutions through scholarships for students in EKU’s nursing program.
The Tennessee Poison Center is warning people not to take the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for COVID-19 after seeing an increase in calls from people having issues after taking the drug.
For the Issues & Answers segment, our own Steve Hensley sat down with Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. Fadi Al Akhrass to cover a wide array of covid-19 related topics.
Health leaders fear that social isolation and a lack of connectivity to resources means many homebound individuals are slipping through the cracks and not getting the care they need.
Nurse practitioners are calling for more prescribing authority in order to fill the rural health care gaps in Kentucky. Meanwhile, the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) says that change is unlikely any time soon.