Category: HEALTH POLICY
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First drug to slow Alzheimer’s disease gets full FDA and Medicare approval for early-stage cases; drug is still in clinical trials at UK
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval for the first drug to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, opening the...
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DEA administrator says Congress needs to pass laws to keep social media from serving as platforms to promote, sell fentanyl
The U.S. needs laws to force social-media companies to keep their platforms from being used to promote and sell fentanyl, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said on NBC‘s “Meet The Press” Sunday,...
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Kentucky has 84 syringe-service programs in 65 counties; the pandemic slowed their growth, but two have opened this yea
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added two new syringe-service programs for intravenous drug users this year, bringing the total to 84 SSPs, in 65 of the state’s...
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State’s first detailed report on domestic-violence cases has a wealth of data on how courts and law enforcement handle them
Kentucky Health News “Kentucky has long had a problem with domestic violence,” the Lexington Herald-Leader reports. “A 2012 survey found that 45% of women and 35% of men” in the...
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Lexington marks 20 smoke-free years, but smoking bans still haven’t caught on in most of Ky. despite tobacco’s toll on health
Kentucky Health News Twenty years ago, Lexington became the first city in the South of Midwest to make indoor smoking in public places illegal. It’s had a big impact there...
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Kentucky gets $2.25 million to expand, restructure reserve corps of medical and non-medical workers who help in times of need
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With a $2.25 million grant, Kentucky will expand and restructure its Medical Reserve Corps to cover every county in the state. The corps comprises...
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Veterans’ advocates tell legislators they need help to prevent veteran suicide; Ky. loses about 118 veterans to suicide per year
This story deals with suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. By Melissa Patrick...
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Federal judge blocks part of Senate Bill 150 that would block gender-affirming health care for transgender minors in Kentucky
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A federal judge has blocked, at least temporarily, part of a recently passed state law banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors. U.S. District Judge David...
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Backers of laws on transgender care often have misconceptions and misinformation that make details of care hard to understand
By Helen Santoro KFF Health News Legislators in states that have limited gender-affirming treatment for minors say their intent is to protect children and families from pressure “to receive harmful,...
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Nonprofit gets $887,152 federal grant to train APRNs, clinical social workers and counselors in substance-abuse counseling
Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. of Whitesburg has received a federal grant of nearly $900,000, one of only 20 such grants in the nation, to improve substance-abuse treatment in Eastern Kentucky....