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Patient advocates hope new powers for health insurance regulators will usher in change, but the parity standard has its limits and is difficult to enforce.
Addiction experts say the recent increase in overdose deaths could be linked to the closure of the Tenderloin Linkage Center, a facility that helped drug users and people without housing access services.
AEDs. Cold tubs. Emergency action plans. Here’s what to ask to get a better picture of the level of preparedness for your child’s school.
The 4 H's refer to head (trauma), heart (sudden cardiac arrest), hemoglobin (blood) and heat.
A lot of thought and effort went into one outlet's investigation of sudden deaths among high school athletes. Here’s an inside look into how they did it.
An in-depth look at sudden death in youth sports and the struggle to assure every athlete has a fighting chance when the worst happens.
The Courier Journal looks at the different steps needed to reach a positive outcome when the worst happens in high school sports.
As part of its "Safer Sidelines" project, The Courier Journal created a database of every sudden death of an athlete in the U.S.
Kentucky is one of 37 states requiring schools to have plans for what to do in a sports-related emergency. But are schools following through?
