Month: December 2019
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Pharmacies could help get more teens vaccinated for a virus that causes sex-related cancers, in which Kentucky leads the nation
Alabama Department of Public Health —– There’s a vaccine for a virus that causes sex-related cancer, but rural teens are less likely to get it or know about it. Rural pharmacies could...
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Bullitt County schools to sue Juul, alleging it created e-cigarette epidemic that has cost schools money and instructional time
Bullitt Central High School Principal Joe Pat Lee watches students arrive on opening day. (BCPS photo) —– The Bullitt County school board voted Nov. 25 to sue Juul Labs and other manufacturers of...
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Juul Labs used research that tobacco-cigarette manufacturers wanted to use to get young people to become addicted to nicotine
In this screenshot of an April 2016 video, recently removed from YouTube, a co-founder of Juul Labs, James Monsees, presents an R.J. Reynolds research memo (YouTube image via Los Angeles Times) —– In developing...
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Kentucky state senator taken aback by ‘shoutfest’ in White House between electronic-cigarette interests and their foes
State Sen. Julie Raque Adams speaks in the White House Nov. 22 as President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listen. (Image from White House video, via WDRB-TV)...
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Substance abuse drives decrease in life expectancy in U.S., Ky.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Americans are dying younger, and Kentucky is a big part of that. The most basic measurement of a population’s health, life expectancy at birth,...
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New state Medicaid contracts drop Passport and Anthem, which say they will appeal; top Beshear aide voices concern
On its way out, the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has given five health-insurance companies new, five-year deals to manage the care of Kentuckians on Medicaid — and dropped...
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Louisville newspaper tracks huge, powerful and violent drug cartel’s invasion of small towns in Kentucky and other states
Courier Journal illustration shows farm worker who oversaw flow of $30 million in drugs into Kentucky. —– The tentacles of a huge, powerful and violent drug cartel reach from Mexico...