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McConnell says he’s ‘fine’ after freezing up during GOP press conference
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s “fine” after stopping mid-sentence during a Wednesday press conference and being escorted away from the lectern by colleagues.? A McConnell aide later said Kentucky’s Republican senator became lightheaded before stepping away.? C-Span video shows McConnell trailed off while delivering opening remarks to journalists and then stood silent […]
More help for undergrads’ basic, child care needs could up Kentuckians’ earning power
Kentuckians need better access to child care and basic needs like food and housing to ensure higher postsecondary degree attainment, a statewide report released Monday says.? The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, with funding support from the Lumina Foundation, released the 2023 Strategies and Recommendations to Address Students’ Basic Needs. The report is the result […]
Navy Seaman 1st Class Elmer P. Lawrence comes home from Pearl Harbor
For decades, Elmer P. Lawrence was unaccounted for after dying at Pearl Harbor. Now, he’ll be buried this weekend 13 minutes from his hometown.? The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, which works to identify soldiers lost, announced in June that its scientists had identified Lawrence in 2021 and would send him home for burial.? Navy Seaman […]
Kentucky Medicaid gets OK to provide mobile behavioral health care
Kentucky will join five other states in providing mobile Medicaid crisis intervention teams later this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday.? CMS approved Kentucky’s proposals for these services alongside California.? Mobile teams allow behavioral health professionals to de-escalate people in need in the field as well as perform on-the-ground assessments and […]
ACLU asks appeals court to let trans minors get gender-affirming care
Citing potential “irreparable harm” to the transgender minors it represents, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has asked the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to allow them to access gender-affirming care once again.? The request for?emergency relief came days after a federal judge stayed a temporary block on part of a new law. […]
Kentucky researcher helps link intimate partner violence with diabetes risk
People who experience intimate partner violence or the threat of it are much more likely to end up with diabetes, according to a new study published by a University of Kentucky researcher and others.? Experiencing violence, abuse and neglect as adults and children increased the risk of adult-onset diabetes in women and men by 23% […]
Kentucky health care providers defend certificate of need
FRANKFORT — Several of Kentucky’s major health care providers made the case that the state’s certificate of need process should remain, for the most part, as it is, before a task force charged with examining the issue on Monday.? The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities, Kentucky Home Care Association, hospice services and the Kentucky […]
U.S. judge reinstates Kentucky’s ban on gender affirming medical care for transgender minors
A federal judge on Friday stayed a temporary block on part of a new Kentucky law that banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.? That means Kentucky’s transgender children are now banned from receiving hormone treatments, a move celebrated by Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who requested the reversal.? “While we strongly disagree with this opinion, […]
Calls up 22% in year since Kentucky launched 988 crisis lifeline
If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Almost a year after Kentucky launched a simplified, 3-digit suicide prevention hotline number – 988 – Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that more people are calling and texting crisis counselors.? The number, which replaced a […]
How will Kentucky’s biggest city spend opioid settlement money??
?LOUISVILLE – Kentucky’s most populous city plans to spend $57 million from opioid settlements on harm reduction services and other outreaches, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Thursday at City Hall.? Jefferson County will receive more than $57 million in total over the course of 18 years, with the first payment of $7 million expected later […]
FDA approves Alzheimer’s disease treatment under clinical trial at University of Kentucky
A key antibody treatment in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, which the University of Kentucky has been studying, just got a full green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.? The approval, which came out Thursday afternoon, means that many Kentuckians with mild cognitive impairment may enjoy an extension of their quality of life.? […]
Kentucky issues first statewide report of domestic violence data
If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.? You can also contact any of Kentucky’s 15 domestic violence programs.? Almost half of Kentucky women — 45% — and around 36% of men in the state say […]