Lisa Gillespie
Health and Innovation ReporterLisa Gillespie is WFPL's Health and Innovation Reporter. Most recently, she was a reporter for Kaiser Health News. During her career, Gillespie has covered all things health — from Medicaid and Medicare payment policy and rural hospital closures to science funding and the dietary supplement market.
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Booker talked about policy issues like environmental justice, Medicare For All, the Green New Deal and gun violence. -
Daniel Cameron joined 20 other states in supporting a law requiring doctors who provide abortions to have hospital admitting privileges. -
Over the next six years, state officials predict there will be more than 30,000 openings for nurses in Kentucky. -
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., behind smoking. -
Starting on Jan. 6, the application period will be open for residents to apply for financial help to keep their lights and heat on. -
The study looked at two states that implemented opioid prescribing deadlines – Massachusetts and Connecticut. -
A new study of 1,927 gyms across 33 states, including Kentucky, found 78 percent of them had at least one tanning bed. -
Law enforcement officials say there were more homicides and more shootings in 2019 compared to 2018 in Louisville. -
Governor Andy Beshear will not move forward with former Governor Matt Bevin’s controversial changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program. -
State officials say the four people who have died from the flu all had other health conditions and hadn’t received the flu shot.
