by Dylan Scheid LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) — The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission’s first-ever Kentucky Opioid Symposium Conference began Monday. The two-day conference will feature presentations and workshops by experts in their respective fields to foster increased awareness of the impact of the opioid epidemic and to create a collaborative approach to combating opioid usage…
BY JORDAN GRANTZ | KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Book in hand, Ann Bruce reads aloud while she receives an infusion—her first dose of Lecanemab—which she now plans to receive every two weeks for the rest of her life. What You Need To Know Ann Bruce was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in March Now, she is beginning her journey…
The Rural Blog Amid a national nursing shortage, schools are rejecting tens of thousands of qualified applicants each year because they don’t have the capacity to train them. The lack of nurses nationwide can disproportionately hurt rural areas as fewer nurses may choose to work in rural medical facilities when they have so many other…
By RJ Johnson PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WYMT) – One Prestonsburg organization has opened its doors as an inpatient treatment facility. After nearly a decade of serving as an outpatient facility, the East Kentucky Rehabilitation Center now has an inpatient program. Lead Peer Support John Caines said this program will have a positive impact on their clients. “EKRC…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville has received $16 million to help increase Kentuckians’ access to health care, particularly in underserved rural and urban areas. The UofL School of Medicine will use the funds from a four-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train more primary care physicians and encourage them…
WEKU | By John McGary Autistic children in eastern Kentucky are among those who’ll benefit from more than $26 million in grants announced at the Shaping Our Appalachian Region conference in Corbin Wednesday. Donovan Blackburn is the president and CEO of Pikeville Medical Center, which will receive 2-point-76 million to expand their Appalachian Valley Autism Center…
FILE – A nurse practitioner holds a COVID-19 vaccine card at a New York Health and Hospitals vaccine clinic in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Jan. 10, 2021. Now that COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed through the commercial markets instead of by the federal government in 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and…
State has plowed savings into expanding dental, hearing, vision care BY: DEBORAH YETTER Pharmacist Joel Thornbury said his role is far more than filling prescriptions at the NOVA Pharmacy he owns in Pikeville — he’s a readily accessible source of health services and advice in his community. “When you call me, you get me,” said Thornbury, a third-generation…
By Brandon Robinson LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – The long battle between Corbin and London about a piece of land between both cities is now over. Corbin Mayor Suzie Razmus posted the news on Facebook Tuesday morning. In the post, she says the London City Council voted to de-annex Exit 29 off Interstate 75 in Laurel…
By Jack Demmler MANCHESTER, Ky. (WYMT) – Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and the University of Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto met to talk about the health and education needs of the state. Capilouto commended the support from Stivers in helping the university’s Markey Cancer Center achieve comprehensive cancer center status. “{Stivers} knows that we don’t…
