-
Legislative Research Commission/LPMRepublicans pushed an unexpected update to Kentucky’s abortion ban through the state legislature this week, passing it in less than 24 hours. -
Abigail Ruhman/IPB NewsPharmacy benefits managers, or PBMs, are meant to lower drug prices by acting as a middleman between drug manufacturers and either insurance companies or employers who sponsor health plans. Advocates said employers and consumers often don’t understand what PBMs are and how they work.
-
State Republican lawmakers told Louisville Metro Council members they could either take action to weaken the city’s lead-safe rental registry ordinance, or see it destroyed through state action. -
A vaping company owes Kentucky millions of dollars. Advocates want it spent to protect kids from tobacco addiction. -
Breakfast and lunch were free for students across the country during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, since Congress decided not to renew the federal Universal Free School Meal (USFM) program in 2023, many families have had to find room in their budget for school meals again. -
If the Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a vaccine skeptic — to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, he would control an influential group of federal vaccine advisors. -
New research shows strong ties between alcohol and cancer, which has reignited a debate among experts about the health impacts of drinking, even in moderate amounts. -
Legislation that would block hospitals from transfusing blood containing COVID-19 antibodies or “synthetic mRNA” would severely reduce the state’s blood supply. The bill’s sponsor said Thursday that was a mistake. -
Gov. Mike Braun is ordering the Indiana Department of Health to resume releasing individual terminated pregnancy reports, as it did before the state’s near-total abortion ban took effect. -
A Biden administration rule lowered the amount of toxic dust workers in mines and quarries can be exposed to, but a lawsuit and new Congress could upend it. -
Abortion bans can impact pregnant people who may experience a spontaneous miscarriage. Some women in abortion ban states have even died because of that. So, what do pregnant women and their loved ones need to know to prepare in case of an emergency? -
Home of the Innocents began construction Monday on a 50-bed expansion to their facility for medically-complex children and young adults with $30 million in state funding.
