Health
Officer Nickolas Wilt, hospitalized since mass shooting, making progress
A Louisville police officer who was wounded trying to stop a mass shooter in early April is no longer on a ventilator, the Metro Police Foundation said Monday.? Officer Nickolas Wilt took a gunshot to the head on April 10 while responding to a shooting at Old National Bank in downtown Louisville. He’s been hospitalized […]
Some Kentucky lawmakers want to tackle gun violence through a public health lens
This story mentions suicide and gun violence. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.? LOUISVILLE – Nearly 100 Kentuckians have died from gunfire so far this year — and some lawmakers think a public health approach is the best way to halt […]
Louisville man fined for bringing infected deer head into Kentucky
A Louisville man brought the intact and infectious head of a deer from Wisconsin into Kentucky, the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources said Monday.? The department is seeking civil damages in a first of its kind suit, the department announced in a statement.? That’s because the 8-point buck’s head tested positive for the […]
A conversation with Silas House, Kentucky’s new poet laureate?
LOUISVILLE – Growing up in Eastern Kentucky, author Silas House saw early the power of representation in literature.? Lead character John-Boy in the award-winning television series “The Waltons,” for example, was his “hero.”? Here was a young country boy who, like House, dreamed of writing.? “I didn’t know anybody who wanted to be a writer,” […]
Challenge to Kentucky’s anti-trans law filed in federal court
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius are suing to block part of a law they’ve called the worst anti-trans bill in the United States.? This suit comes more than a month after the legislature passed controversial Senate Bill 150, which bans […]
Beshear tries to revive Medicaid dental, vision, hearing benefits scrapped by legislature
Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing Medicaid benefits for Kentucky adults, after the legislature ended the expansion by finding earlier regulations deficient. Each new regulation says why it is “substantially different” from the one rejected by the legislature. Most of the reasons have to do with changes in […]
UK HealthCare announces major expansion
LEXINGTON — UK HealthCare is launching an expansion that is expected to add 4,800 employees to its “skilled workforce” over the next several years, according to University of Kentucky news releases. The plan includes construction of another tower near the 12-story hospital that opened in 2011. The projects in UK’s “refreshed” strategic plan could ultimately […]
Cameron announces $8 million in grants to relieve opioid crisis amid sparring over who gets credit
Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the first 24 organizations to receive more than $8 million in grant funding from the state Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission on Thursday, with 14 of the grants going toward treatment and recovery and 10 for prevention of opioid abuse. “The opioid crisis lingers and won’t be defeated merely with these […]
Learn about diabetes prevention and care Saturday in Lexington
Almost 475,000 Kentuckians or 14% of the adult population have been diagnosed with diabetes. Another 101,000 Kentuckians have diabetes but don’t know it, greatly increasing their health risk, according to the American Diabetes Association.? On Saturday, April 29, a free Diabetes Expo in Lexington will offer information about how to prevent and manage the disease […]
University of Kentucky reports record medical school graduates, many staying in state?
The University of Kentucky says a record number of medical students – 190 – will graduate from its College of Medicine this year.? And 42% of graduates will stay in Kentucky for their medical residencies. That number is up from 25% in 2017 and 30% in 2018, according to UK, which hopes the numbers will […]
COVID-19 interrupted Kentucky nursing students’ education
LOUISVILLE – Adelaide Quaye-Mansell always liked caring for people, so becoming a nurse was her “passion” goal.?? In fact, when she was 15 back in Ghana, before moving to the United States, she helped nurse her bedridden uncle back to health. She cooked for him and gave him medicine. She was in awe as she […]
Overdose deaths in Kentucky drop for first time since 2018
Kentucky recorded fewer overdose deaths in 2022 than in 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.? Beshear cited preliminary numbers from the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, which showed 2,127 overdose deaths in 2022, down from 2,257 in 2021.? “That number is still far too high,” Beshear said. “One is too many.” But, he said, […]