Day: July 29, 2019
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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...