Morgan Watkins
Health ReporterMorgan Watkins is LPM's health reporter. She hails from Florida, where she started her career covering city and county government at the Gainesville Sun. Louisville has been her home since 2016. She covered national and state politics, as well as higher education, for The Courier Journal before joining LPM. Email Morgan at mwatkins@lpm.org.
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Research documents a big expansion of Kentucky’s syringe services programs, which protect people who use drugs from infections like HIV and viral hepatitis.
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A new Kentucky law will limit which nicotine vapes businesses can sell. But a lawsuit claims it’s unconstitutional because it will restrict hemp-derived and cannabis vapes, too.
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Republicans scrapped a contentious change to the otherwise broadly supported “momnibus” bill on Monday. That cleared its path to becoming law.
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Lawmakers across the U.S. say they want to shield in-vitro fertilization providers from legal threats. The question is: How can they do that effectively?
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Caregivers for patients with Alzheimer’s disease often experience heightened stress. A free conference in Louisville next week will offer education and support.
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Carrying naloxone can be a literal lifesaver for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. Kentucky’s state government set up a website to help people find local providers.
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For years, the official sports medicine provider for Louisville City FC and Racing Louisville FC has been Baptist Health. But now, UofL Health will fill that role.
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Research shows COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. But Kentucky Senate Republicans falsely suggested they aren’t while promoting a ban on vaccine mandates this week.
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The Kentucky Legislature’s “momnibus” bill wasn’t controversial. But a new version of it incorporates a different proposal Democrats walked out over earlier this month.
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The Kentucky-based National Stem Cell Foundation is doing research in space on neurodegenerative diseases. Supplies for a new experiment flew to the International Space Station last week.