Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Senate President Robert Stivers, leading foe of medical cannabis in Kentucky, suggests he could be for it in end-of life cases
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Senate President Robert Stivers suggested Monday night that he might be willing to approve medical marijuana in Kentucky on a very limited basis,...
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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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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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S.C. high court is first in U.S. since Roe repeal to find abortion right in state constitution; Idaho says no; Ky. case still pending
The South Carolina Supreme Court has become the first to find a right to abortion in a state constitution since the U.S. Supreme Court said last June that there is...
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FDA expands availability of abortion-inducing medication
Women who want to use a pill to end their pregnancy in the first 10 weeks will now be able to get it directly from health-care providers and pharmacies. The...
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Newly dominant variant more likely to evade Covid-19 antibodies, but so far not seen as more likely to cause serious disease
With a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus now dominant in the U.S., vaccinated people may be more likely to develop Covid-19 but still be well protected from serious disease,...
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Former deputy secretary in Ky. is Arkansas human services chief
Kristi Putnam, who was deputy secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services during the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, has been named secretary of the Arkansas...
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Beshear’s medical cannabis order takes effect, but access for most isn’t easy; prospect of legislative action remains unclear
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News People with a medical provider’s statement saying they have at least one of 21 specified medical conditions can now possess up to eight ounces...
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CDC’s Kentucky risk map looks about the same as last week, but Beshear says ‘Covid is definitely increasing’ and counsels caution
By Al CrossKentucky Health News The latest Centers for Disease Control map of Covid-19 risks in Kentucky is about the same as last week’s, but “Covid is definitely increasing,” Gov....