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....
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...
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...
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...
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky While cancer survivors have an increased risk of developing cancer in the future, that risk is notably higher in Kentucky and Appalachian Kentucky, according...
By Darius Tahir KFF Health News Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin, a dewormer for animals, is an effective treatment for Covid-19. And few of them place significant...
People who have experienced a heart attack or stroke have prevented another one from happening by taking a daily aspirin. But fewer than half of heart attack or stroke victims...
Kentucky Health News Americans will have access to several vaccines this fall to protect them against respiratory viruses, including Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but effectively deploying them...
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Ysa Leon is questioning their future in Kentucky. The outcome of the state’s gubernatorial election this November will be a deciding factor. “I’ve told my...
Kentucky Health News Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he helped get $3.3 million for the Fletcher Group, a nonprofit founded by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, to build housing...