Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Appeals court OKs plan that shields owners of Purdue Phrama from future lawsuits; they must give it up and donate billions
A federal appeals court has approved a settlement by Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, that protects its billionaire owners, the Sackler family, from future lawsuits. The Sacklers would give...
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Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announces $40 million in federal funds for Kentucky schools to provide mental-health services
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman announced $40 million in federal funding is coming to Kentucky schools to support and expand access to school-based mental health services, Tom Latek reports for Kentucky...
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Researchers develop a scoring system to identify long Covid; ongoing study at 85 sites needs more rural participants
Researchers have developed a method to determine whether someone is suffering from long Covid-19, defined as “post-acute sequelae Covid.” Sequelae are conditions resulting from earlier disease or injury. “This symptom-based...
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Legislators nix Beshear’s 2nd regulation to expand Medicaid dental, vision and hearing services, but it’ll remain in place for now
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature’s Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee voted May 9 to find Gov. Andy Beshear’s new regulations to expand Medicaid’s vision, dental and hearing services...
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New Kentucky website provides data, maps and charts on how the environment affects human health, county by county
The state Department for Public Health has launched a new resource for tracking a variety of topics that affect health in Kentucky. The website Healthtracking.ky.gov not only includes information and data about...
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Rep. Guthrie’s bipartisan bill to increase access to breakthrough therapies for people on Medicaid advances out of committee
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie’s bipartisan bill to help Medicaid patients access breakthrough therapies, including gene therapies, to treat and cure rare diseases was approved by the House Energy and Commerce...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture gives Grace Community Health, a nonprofit, a $1 million grant to build a new clinic in Pineville
The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s Rural Development program is giving $1 million to help build a medical clinic in Pineville for Covid-19 testing, treatment and vaccines, as well as integrated...
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Guthrie agrees to work on nursing shortage with Democrat on his subcommittee, saying it may be the biggest issue in health care
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, in his role as chair of the major health subcommittee in the House, pledged last week to work with a rising Delaware Democrat to...
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Ky. kids still aren’t as immunized as they were before pandemic; pertussis threat rises; cancer-preventing vaccine rates still low
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Immunize Kentucky Coalition‘s Immunization Summit, held May 10 in Lexington, opened with a warning that Kentucky’s children fell behind on their immunizations during...
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Legislative task forces will examine Cabinet for Health and Family Services and certificate-of-need process for health-care facilities
The Kentucky General Assembly has created joint House-Senate committees to study specific topics, including the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the state’s certificate-of-need process for health-care facilities. The...