Month: July 2019
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UK HealthCare again named best Kentucky hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has three of six on list
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in order: the University...
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Health departments and their employees making tough choices now that the General Assembly has passed Bevin’s pension bill
Bevin at bill signing (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– Kentucky’s health departments and their employees face some difficult decisions in the wake of the pension legislation passed in the...
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Scores of reported cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Lincoln Trail area; awaiting state health department confirmation
Dog ticks (middle) are the usual carriers of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. —– Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the main tick-borne disease in Kentucky, has affected scores of people in the area served...
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Deepest study yet finds 64% of Kentuckians who’d be affected by Bevin’s proposed Medicaid work rules are meeting them already
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin says “hundreds of thousands” of able-bodied adult Kentuckians on Medicaid should be working but choose not to. But when his new...
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UK gets $11 million grant to decrease cervical cancer in Eastern Ky. with focus on risks: smoking, HPV and low rates of screening
The University of Kentucky has been awarded a five year, $11 million grant to work toward reducing the rates of cervical cancer in Eastern Kentucky, a region that has some of the...
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Skin-cancer rates have spiked 800% among young women; experts advise limiting exposure to sun and tanning beds
New research shows that skin-cancer rates have surged among young women, likely because they use tanning beds, but health experts warn that exposure to the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays...
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Republican legislators propose taxing electronic cigarettes, as a health measure and a revenue measure; died in Senate in 2018
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky President Ben Chandler thanks Rep. Jerry Miller as Rep. Kim Moser and Health Commissioner Dr. Jeff Howard look on. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News...
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3 children die, 33 are injured per day in accidents on U.S. farms; prevention workshop to be held in Lexington Aug. 6-7
The National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety will host a workshop will be held in Lexington Aug. 6-7 on preventing injuries of children on farms and ranches. The...
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Health experts say not to ‘vape’ around children, because the secondhand aerosol (it isn’t vapor) from e-cigs isn’t safe for them
Evolving research shows that electronic cigarettes’ secondhand aerosol (it’s not vapor, despite what the industry says) is not without health risk, and experts warn users to not “vape” around children,...
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Michael Rust retires as head of Kentucky Hospital Association; Nancy Galvagni was appointed new president and CEO in May
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Michael T. Rust, who led the Kentucky Hospital Association for 24 years, has retired. Rust said it was a privilege to have worked for the KHA...