BY SABRIEL METCALF KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, Ky. — As we step into the second week of December, hospitals across the region are showing a rise in cases of seasonal illnesses. It’s caused many immediate care centers and emergency rooms to near or reach capacity. What You Need To Know Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus are the leading seasonal…
WEKU | By Stan Ingold Kentucky’s top prosecutor is asking federal agencies to permanently extend telehealth options for people dealing with opioid use disorder. This service is set to end once the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Attorney General Daniel Cameron joined AGs from 41 other states and Puerto Rico, Guam, and Washington D.C. in…
Clean-up, repair, and rebuilding continue in flood-damaged Eastern Kentucky.(WKYT) By Brandon Robinson FRANKFORT, Ky. (WYMT) – One Kentucky organization made a big donation to help healthcare workers who were ravaged by July’s flooding this week. On Monday, officials with the Kentucky Association of Health Plans (KAHP) announced a grant of $200,000 to the Kentucky Rural Health…
WEKU | By Samantha Morrill Flu, RSV and COVID cases are widespread in central and eastern Kentucky as people get ready to gather for Thanksgiving. Health officials are warning people to take precautions over the holidays. Scott Lockard is Public Health Director for Kentucky River District Health Department, covering Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry and…
By WKYT News Staff KENTUCKY (WKYT) – The Biden administration is requesting congress include $100 million dollars in its end-of-the-year supplemental budget, to help Eastern Kentucky’s recovery from devastating flooding. The White House office of management and budget formally sent the proposal — which includes money for Puerto Rico, Florida and Kentucky — Friday. Congress has…
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The House Republican Caucus met at the Capitol this week to elect their leadership team for the next two years and House Speaker David Osborne, R-Prospect, was nominated without opposition. Osborne, who has been a House member since 2005, was selected by the Majority Caucus for a third term, a…
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky “For some reason, I really wanted fruit or savory food when I was going through treatment. Spicy, savory, salty food — that helped with my appetite,” recalls University of Kentucky chemistry doctoral student Yueming “Ronnie” Wu. Back in 2020, he received an advanced colorectal cancer diagnosis at the age of 27. Wu…
By The Associated Press and LISA MASCARO, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader Wednesday, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the Senate GOP campaign chief criticized after a disappointing performance in the midterm elections that kept Senate control with Democrats. McConnell, of Kentucky, easily swatted back the…
By Mark Payne The state’s Benefits Cliff Task Force released recommendations Wednesday to help Kentucky better bridge the gap between when someone is no longer eligible for benefits and when their income is high enough to be able to afford to live independently. The task force was formed during the 2022 Interim session, when legislators…
By Will Whaley FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) – Sen. Mike Wilson, R-Bowling Green, has been re-elected as Senate majority whip by acclamation after being unchallenged by his Senate colleagues. This decision comes exactly one week after Kentuckians went to the polls and voted to increase the size of the Republican Senate majority to a historic 31 members.…
