Day: December 10, 2021
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Rep. Andy Barr writes about bill, named for his late wife, to spur research into the heart ailment that killed her in June 2020
The late Carol Barr with her husband and daughters Eleanor and Mary Clay. —– By U.S. Rep. Andy Barr Though every holiday season without my wife Carol will be difficult,...
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Beshear says focus should be on boosters, to prevent another surge of cases; CDC approves them for 16 and 17-year-olds
Image from WAAY-TV —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s important to get all eligible Kentuckians vaccinated against the coronavirus, but to prevent another surge in cases, the focus...
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Beshear declares emergency to help get more students into nursing schools to relieve state’s ‘dire’ shortage of nurses
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared an emergency Thursday, allowing the state to take special...
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UofL Health to retire loan used to buy Jewish Hospital and other facilities of defunct KentuckyOne Health in four years, not 15
Jewish Hospital has kept its name but is now clearly a subsidiary to the UofL Health brand. (UofL photo) —– The University of Louisville‘s hospital operations are doing so well that UofL Health had adopted an...