Health professionals manage trauma, mental health challenges after mass shooting

BY SABRIEL METCALF KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While tragedies like the Old National Bank mass shooting in downtown Louisville truly affect entire communities, cities, and more, doctors and others in hospitals—and specifically emergency rooms—have a role that’s simply unavoidable and understandably traumatic. What You Need To Know Doctors are relied on in times of emergency and healing, but…

Greenberg: Weapon used in Louisville bank shooting ‘will be auctioned off,’ urges state to allow destruction of confiscated firearms

WUKY | By Josh James In the aftermath of this week’s mass shooting in Louisville, Kentucky leaders are once again being pressed to act on gun reforms. Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton says, when it comes to laws governing firearms, state legislators have the most sway. Gorton told reporters Tuesday that, while an argument could be made…

Kentucky League of Cities creating disaster preparedness resource with help from officials in impacted communities

WKMS | By Derek Operle Officials from communities across the state are contributing to a new disaster preparedness resource being developed by the Kentucky League of Cities to better share know-how gained from leading their cities and counties through natural, financial and cyber disasters. The yet-to-be-named resource – set to be presented during the organization’s annual…

New RSV vaccines pending approval from FDA

By Lesya Feinstein HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Some potentially exciting news coming from health leaders: Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline have created a vaccine for RSV, which is awaiting approval from the FDA. Roughly six decades after the first attempt to develop an RSV vaccine, an independent advisory committee is seeking approval from the FDA for two different…