Day: March 15, 2023
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Long Covid update: There’s still reason to avoid Covid-19, even if you’ve had it already; it’s ‘annoyingly stubborn,’ expert says
By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist Covid-19 is not the common cold. Here’s an effort to keep you up to date on long-Covid developments. What we knew: Long Covid after...
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How health-care providers can help prevent overdoses: 4 steps, plus culture change to make intervention routine, lessen stigma
By Drs. Scott E. Hadland and Evan Wood; and Eri D. Solomon Opinion article published in JAMA Internal Medicine North America is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic now driven by illicitly...
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Legislature passes bill to keep Kentuckians’ disabilities from being sole cause of discrimination in allocating organs for transplant
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure that Kentuckians with disabilities are not discriminated against when being considered for an organ transplant has passed both houses of...
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Bill to require insurers to cover biomarker testing goes to Beshear
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require private and public insurance plans in Kentucky to cover biomarker testing for cancer and screenings for genetic-based reactions to drugs...
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New coronavirus cases dropped in Ky. last week but Covid-19 deaths increased; N.Y. Times ranks new-case rate 2nd in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported a 46 percent drop in new coronavirus cases last week, but its rate of new infections remained among the highest in the...