Month: July 2016
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Ben Chandler, who as AG filed lawsuit that led to creation of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, will be its president and CEO
Ben Chandler (AP photo) Ben Chandler, who as state attorney general filed the lawsuit that led to the creation of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, was named president and...
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Needle exchanges slowly spread as locals conclude they’re better than HIV and hepatitis outbreaks, injuries from discarded syringes
Needle exchanges may be difficult for some people to accept, but they are better than outbreaks of hepatitis and HIV or accidental injury from discarded needles, officials in Kentucky counties...
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Appalachian Health and Well-Being Forum to be held at extension office in Whitesburg Monday evening, July 25
A July 25 forum in Whitesburg will give residents of southeastern Kentucky a chance to tell four health experts their concerns about health issues and possible solutions, and share success...
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Some comments on Medicaid plan will be adopted, and federal officials will approve revised plan, state officials say on KET
L-R: Host Bill Goodman, Brinkman, Glisson. (KET photo) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Some of the comments about proposed changes in the state Medicaid program will be included in...
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House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians hears complaints about proposed changes to Medicaid program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News BEATTYVILLE, Ky. – Several speakers at the July 15 meeting of the House Task Force on Vulnerable Kentuckians said Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed changes to the...
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Health cabinet says it will seek heavy penalties for dumping in Estill and Greenup of radioactive brine from oil and gas drilling
State health officials say they will “seek significant civil penalties” against companies “responsible for the illicit dumping” of radioactive waste in Estill and Greenup counties. The Cabinet for Health and...
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Kentucky Oral Health Coalition will host a regional meeting on oral health July 29 in Hazard
July 27, 2016: An updated graphic sent by Kentucky Voices for Health has been added. The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition and its partners from across the state will host a...
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Cabinet says kinks are worked out of the state’s new public benefit system, but Republican lawmaker calls for contract review
Health officials assured lawmakers on Thursday that they had worked through the issues that led to the rocky rollout of the state’s new public benefit system, but lawmakers pushed back...
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Congress leaves for summer without funding Zika fight; McConnell and Reid trade barbs of blame
Congress left Washington for a summer recess without providing any more money to fight the spread of the Zika virus that causes birth defects. “In what has become a familiar...