BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Students with an associate of applied science degree can earn an affordable professional bachelor’s degree in work force administration from Western Kentucky University in as little as 15 months. “The WFA has been designed to support the unique needs of transfer and adult students,” said Jeff Butterfield, director of WKU’s School…
In an effort to help state and local health departments address the growing Alzheimer’s crisis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alzheimer’s Association have released the third edition of the Healthy Brain Initiative Road Map. State and Local Public Health Partnerships to Address Dementia, The 2018-2023 Road Map, provides public health…
by Morgan Watkins, Louisville Courier Journal – Published 9:13 a.m. ET Nov. 26, 2018 | Updated 9:15 a.m. ET Nov. 26, 2018 A looming nursing shortage by 2020 means schools like University of Louisville seeking students.Matt Stone, Louisville Courier Journal “Code blue!” a University of Louisville nursing student calls out, prompting one of her peers to start…
by JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press – The tiny balloon was supposed to stretch open a blocked artery on Charles Riegel’s diseased heart. Instead, when the doctor inflated the balloon, it burst. The patient went on life support but survived. His lawsuit against the manufacturer of that arterial balloon did not. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled…
Andy Beshear sent an email to legislators saying the move would free up state revenue for education, health care and fighting drugs. FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) — State lawmakers are being asked by Kentucky’s attorney general to approve gaming to fund public pensions. Andy Beshear, who is also a Democratic candidate for Kentucky governor, sent a…
by Darcy Costello and Thomas Novelly, Louisville Courier Journal – Staff members with the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator’s office were informed Monday that they would all be terminated on Nov. 30 when PVA Tony Lindauer’s term ends. An email obtained by the Courier Journal says that Colleen Younger, who won Lindauer’s position earlier this month,…
by MICHON LINDSTROM | KENTUCKY – FRANKFORT- Restoring voting rights to felons, repealing workers’ comp law, and a bill allowing discrimination to smokers are all among new bills to be prefiled for the 2019 session. A bill that gained attention when filed by Sen. John Schickel, R-Union, last week is BR 333 which would allow employers to discriminate…
by BILL ESTEP, bestep@herald-leader.com – Two Kentucky House members have pre-filed a bill that would increase the number of doctors eligible to diagnose black lung as cases of the crippling disease stand at a modern high in Eastern Kentucky. The proposal from Reps. Angie Hatton, a Democrat from Whitesburg, and Republican Robert Goforth, of East Bernstadt,…
by ASSOCIATED PRESS – The Council on Postsecondary Education has partnered with six colleges and universities to launch an employability initiative. A statement from the council says the initiative is designed to make sure that students who graduate from higher education programs have essential employability qualities including people skills, problem-solving abilities and professional strengths such as…
By CNN | (CNN) – 34% of US parents said their child was unlikely to get the flu vaccine this year, according to a report published Monday by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. The online poll, which was administered in October, looked at 1,977 parents who had at least one child, whether parents would get their children…