Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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UK medical school and recently added regional campuses will graduate largest class ever, with 42% staying in Ky. for residency
By Allison Perry University of Kentucky In 2013, the Commonwealth of Kentucky Health Care Workforce Capacity Report announced a grim statistic: by 2025, Kentucky would be facing an estimated shortage...
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First round of state grants from settlements with opioid makers and distributors, more than $8 million, go to 24 organizations
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the first 24 organizations to receive over $8 million in grant funding from the state Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission on...
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UK study finds children who were exposed to opioids before birth are more likely to develop chronic diseases when they grow up
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky What happens to the cardiovascular health of babies exposed to opioids in the womb? A new study at the University of Kentucky suggests that...
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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits legislature nixed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing benefits for Kentucky adults on Medicaid, after the legislature found similar...
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Experts look back at the pandemic and issue a report saying the nation’s public-health system was not equipped to deal with it
By Krista Mahr and Daniel Payne Politico Pulse As the Covid-19 public health emergency enters its final weeks, Washington is still gripped by debate over how the pandemic started and...
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Ky. Psychological Association to offer program May 11 for news media on strategies for coping when covering traumatic events
In the wake of the mass shooting in Louisville on April 10, the Kentucky Lantern has worked with the Kentucky Psychological Association to create an event for people working in...
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‘Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices’ virtual meeting to be held May 17, registration required
The HEALing Communities Study Learning Collaborative at the University of Kentucky is offering a virtual session titled “Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices” at 11 a.m. ET...
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Ads and social media hype new, expensive weight-loss drugs; doctors sound alarms about off-label uses and side effects
By Darius Tahir and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and...
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59% of residents, just 16% of staff in Ky. nursing homes have had Covid-19 booster shots; both rates slightly above national rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Kentucky nursing homes’ Covid-19 booster rates are higher than the national rates, many staff and residents remain vulnerable to the disease because over...
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New cases of the coronavirus continue to decline in Kentucky, but people continue to die from Covid-19; U.S. deaths hit 1.1 million
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Overall, the Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky are good, but the bad news is that people are still dying from it. The latest report from the state...