Results from the ongoing Co-Immunity Project at the University of Louisville’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute show high levels of coronavirus infections in Metro Louisville. These results confirm previous findings, indicating that 30,000 to 40,000 people may have been exposed to the virus in Jefferson County since the beginning of the pandemic and that the rate of…

By Aaliyah Eaves Given the recent FDA guidance for investigational studies using plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients (issued September 2, 2020), some healthcare networks are considering asking recovered patients to donate their plasma. Legal and ethical concerns have been raised about the appropriateness of asking patients to take on additional risk when the proposed treatment…

By Emily Domer and Kody Kiser  A lack of access to proper care can heavily impact a community’s health. Recent studies have shed light on an area’s socioeconomic status being one of the most impactful social determinants of health in both urban and rural communities throughout Kentucky. Whether looking at the rural Appalachian regions of the…

Baptist Health has finalized purchase of Hardin Memorial Health and changed its name to Baptist Health Hardin, in keeping with its tradition of linking the hospital name with its geographic location. All told, the transaction includes $361.4 million in payments and future investments. The closing came about three years after the Hardin Memorial Hospital Board…