Month: October 2015
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‘Health Gains Campaign’ shows successes of Medicaid expansion as Kentucky Voices for Health plans to deal with a new governor
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Voices for Health is planning for the future as Kentucky gears up for a new administration by working on what it calls a...
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Fate of health coverage through Medicaid expansion and Kynect insurance exchange could rest on outcome of governor’s race
By Cheyene Miller and Anthony Pendleton University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications The fate of health coverage for about half a million Kentuckians could rest on the...
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KET’s Clearing the Smoke’ explores smoking issues in Kentucky; guests called for smoking ban, note concerns about teens
An old tobacco barn in Magoffin County, seen by thousands daily on the Mountain Parkway, has found a new purpose – to help peoplestop smoking. Tobacco barns It once advertised...
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New research building at UK will focus on state’s health disparities
Artist’s rendering of new research center A new research facility that will focus on addressing the health challenges and disparities in Kentucky is being built on the University of Kentucky‘s...
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Western Kentucky University will gradually become tobacco free; last public university in Kentucky to do so
Western Kentucky University will slowly go tobacco-free by 2018 through a phased-in approach, becoming the last public university in the state to do so, Lisa Autry reports for WKU Public...
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KentuckyOne Health names new board chair and vice chair
KentuckyOne Health has named Richard A. Schultz chair of its board of directors and Jane J. Chiles as vice chair. Schultz succeeds Bob Hewett, who served as chair since KentuckyOne’s...
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8 of 23 health insurance cooperatives closing, more likely to follow; they blame Republicans; Republicans blame Obamacare
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One-third of the 23 health insurance cooperatives created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are closing, with others likely to follow. Republicans...
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Nationally and statewide, farm-to-school program is a success
With approximately 80 Kentucky school districts participating in the Farm to School program, many of them are finding special ways to celebrate National Farm to School Month, with much to...
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U of L gets patents for new cancer treatments, spinal cord treatments and a new bone graft product
The University of Louisville Research Foundation has recently been awarded patents for improved cancer treatments, a new bone graft material, and therapies for spinal cord damage, and two of the...
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More than 16,000 additional Kentucky children have gained health insurance since the federal health-reform law took effect
More than 16,000 Kentucky children gained health insurance since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky multi-year study on...