By MARY MEEHAN Federally-funded research is already underway to dramatically reduce overdose deaths in Kentucky. Sharon Walsh, director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Research at the University of Kentucky, said Monday that research funded by an $87 million grant from the National Institutes of Health is in progress. “The primary goal the project is…
By Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News LEXINGTON, Ky. — Many rural hospitals across Kentucky are struggling to keep their doors open. And though the numbers vary on just how many are in dire financial straits, the conclusion is the same: in much of rural Kentucky, health care as we know it is in trouble. “We can’t…
The Transportation secretary met far more often with constituents of her husband Mitch McConnell than officials from any other state. By TANYA SNYDER, TUCKER DOHERTY and ARREN KIMBEL-SANNIT In her first 14 months as Transportation secretary, Elaine Chao met with officials from Kentucky, which her husband, Mitch McConnell, represents in the Senate, vastly more often than those from any…
