Day: January 9, 2023
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Pfizer’s $1 million leads big corporate givers to state Republican Party’s building fund, which has no limits on contributions
By Tom Loftus, for Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT, Ky. – In what may be the largest political contribution ever given to a political party in Kentucky, the drug maker Pfizer Inc....
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Flu cases are on the decline in Kentucky, but still too high and the season runs through May; it’s not too late to get your flu shot
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza cases in Kentucky declined in each of the last four weeks of 2022, but Gov. Andy Beshear said cases are still too high...
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FDA OKs Alzheimer’s drug, which may not be available soon, and carries some risks; UK testing on patients with marker of disease
Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug that has been found to help people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and is being...
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Opinion: Covid-19 is mutating and apparently winning, so we need to take preventive measures well beyond vaccinations
By Kevin Kavanagh There is no such thing as “herd immunity” for Covid-19. In this context it is a concept as antiquated as “the Earth is flat.” The theory was...
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Kentucky counties and cities get first installment of money from national opioid settlements, now must decide how to spend it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s cities and counties have received their first installment of the state’s money from the national opioid settlement, most of which must be used...
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CDC says most of Ky. has medium risk of Covid-19 transmission; flu rates remain high; Beshear urges vaccinations and boosters
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the number of Kentucky counties with a high risk of Covid-19 transmission went down by two on the latest federal risk map, the...