Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Study expands access to naloxone, which blocks drug overdose
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Thursday, Aug. 31, marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a time when attention is directed toward raising awareness about opioid overdose and ways to reverse...
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Attacking respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on 3 fronts: Monoclonal antibodies for infants, vaccines for pregnant women and elderly
By Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi University of Kentucky After an intense season of respiratory syncytial virus in the commonwealth, we have a new tool to protect children from RSV. In July...
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28% of Kentucky students were chronically absent last year, up from 18% before the pandemic; national increase was even more
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Twenty-eight percent of students in Kentucky schools were chronically absent from classes during the last academic year, compared to 18 percent in the 2018-19...
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Community professionals who work with Kynect have a new online resource to connect them with resources and each other
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new website called KyLoop has launched to provide an online connection space for community professionals who work in outreach and enrollment through Kynect,...
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State and advocates try to keep eligible Kentuckians on Medicaid
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Some patients find out they’ve been dropped from Medicaid when they come in to pick up a prescription. Others, when they arrive for a doctor’s...
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Small ‘summer spike’ in Covid-19 cases in Kentucky attributable to a slightly more contagious strain; new shot recommended
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The “vast majority” of Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases are now the variant EG.5 – also known as “Eris” – according to Louisville infectious disease expert Dr....
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Free-market economist says certificates of need shouldn’t be required for health facilities; hospitals, nursing homes disagree
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky would be “well served by the improved access to health care” if it were to repeal its certificate-of-need laws, a retired economics professor told...
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Schools in Lee, Magoffin close due to Covid-19, other illnesses
The predicted “summer surge” of Covid-19 has been relatively small, but large enough in some Kentucky school districts to make them suspend classes. Magoffin County schools closed Thursday and Friday,...
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UK doctors of pharmacy answer questions about Covid vaccines
By Amy Picirilli University of Kentucky The Covid-19 public-health emergency may be officially over, but Covid has not completely disappeared from concern. Lexington hospitals are seeing an increase in Covid...
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Ky. farther behind on nursing-home inspections than all other states but one, and may not have hit bottom
Kentucky is farther behind on nursing-home inspections than only one other state, and the huge backlog might last a long time, Beshear administration officials state officials warned a legislative committee...