WEKU | By Stu Johnson Providing fuel to power Kentucky vehicles in the future is the subject of legislation in the General Assembly. GOP Monticello Representative Ken Upchurch is the sponsor of HB 581. He told committee members last week it would, quote, “ensure statewide consistency in an already highly regulated industry.” “By preventing political subdivisions…
By Alyssa Williams LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A recent American Academy of Pediatrics study said teens and young adults are being prescribed more antidepressants at a rate more than 60% higher than it was pre-pandemic. “So you see anything from depression, anxiety, behavioral disturbances, ADHD,” said Dr. Jonathan Martin, a behavioral health specialist at Baptist Health. Martin says…
WUKY | By Karyn Czar After years of falling off the radar, the virus is back and spreading and health officials are advising you to get vaccinated if you haven’t already. Many doctors and nurses have never seen a case of measles in the U.S. Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner for Public Health in Kentucky says that’s…
Downtown Louisville traffic cited as barrier to care BY: SARAH LADD LOUISVILLE — One morning in 2019, Margie Baylis awoke to her right breast swollen up into her shoulder. The Owensboro photographer then got some shocking news: she had lung cancer at age 45. The first in her family to be diagnosed with cancer, Baylis, now…
Proposed $20M facility would bypass law enforcement, judicial, hospital ER systems This community-based leadership team has come up with a solution modeled after a Nashville facility the committee visited last year. With this model, a person in a mental health crisis can receive immediate treatment. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — After assessing approaches to help local residents…
BY: CHARLOTTE HUFF, KFF HEALTH NEWS Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we basically cried,” said the internal medicine physician, who had started practicing in eastern Kentucky near his childhood home shortly before his mother began feeling ill. “Nobody wants…
Kentucky Public Radio | By Sylvia Goodman As lawmakers consider ways to bolster child care access in Kentucky, a bill to ease regulatory burdens on child care centers advances through a House committee. Kentucky lawmakers across the political spectrum are struggling to address growing child care deserts and the high cost of early childhood education. Republican…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson The need to update the uniform commercial code in Kentucky created a philosophical debate in the State Senate about digital currency. In detailing the UCC revision on the floor, Fruit Hill GOP Senator Whitney Westerfield said it allows businesses to interact with one another. That includes how to interact with digital…
Louisville Public Media | By Lily Burris State lawmakers could soon remove a mandate that requires the chemical fluoride to be added to Kentucky’s water supply — despite warnings from dental professionals. In Kentucky, state regulations require water systems that serve more than 3,000 people to add fluoride to the water to help protect residents’ dental…
WEKU | By Stu Johnson Legislation to loosen time restrictions on the over-the-counter purchase of a popular decongestant is before the Kentucky House. The bill, sponsored by GOP Bowling Green Representative Mark Duvall, pertains to pseudoephedrine. The western Kentucky lawmaker said current law allows for three months of this medicine per year. “Then you’d have to…
