Month: March 2020
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Nearly 2/3 of Ky. adults with guns at home keep them loaded and unlocked; 15% with children have loaded, unlocked guns in them
Kentucky Health Issues Poll chart; click on the image to view a larger version —– Kentuckians increasingly keep their guns loaded, and almost two-thirds who keep them loaded are not...
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Three anti-abortion bills advance out of legislative committees
Pro-choice advocates dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” at the March 4 House Judiciary committee, which passed two abortion bills. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– Three abortion bills advanced in...
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First Kentucky case of covid-19, disease caused by coronavirus, confirmed in Harrison County; Beshear advises its people to avoid crowds
Crystal Miller, head of the health department serving Harrison County, at a press conference Saturday. Others, L to R: Gov. Andy Beshear; Health Commissioner Steven Stack; Harrison County Judge-Executive Alex Barnett; Cynthiana Mayor...
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Senate bill to address surprise medical billing now in House
By Jim Hannah Legislative Research Commission FRANKFORT, Ky. – Legislation to offer patients some protection from surprise medical bills passed the state Senate Friday. “There are many factors that contribute...
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Flu slacked a bit in last week of Feb.; season runs through May, vaccine still useful and is best defense; may help with covid-19
In the last week of February, Kentucky reported fewer new cases of influenza and fewer deaths from it than it did the week before. The latest weekly report from the state Department for...
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Opioid epidemic keeps shadowing Ky. policy, as Senate removes opioids from list of drugs physician assistants could prescribe
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to let physician assistants prescribe some highly regulated drugs is moving through the Senate, but without application to some highly addictive...
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Beshear urges employers who don’t offer paid sick leave to do so, to keep sick workers at home and prevent spread of coronavirus
Gov. Andy Beshear (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear wants Kentucky employers who don’t allow paid sick leave to change that policy, to prevent spread of the coronavirus. “We have...
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Live forum about coronavirus on KET Tuesday night
With the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus around the world, the United States declared a public health emergency at the end of January, and the number of confirmed cases in...
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Committee approves doctors’ bill to regulate lawyers’ ads aimed at soliciting clients who take certain prescription drugs
Sen. Ralph Alvarado explained SB 178 to the Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee. (LRC photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to regulate plaintiff-lawyer commercials that solicit...
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Is the coronavirus Covid-19 a pandemic? It looks like one, and health officials across the world are treating it like one
By Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post Officials have been slow to use the “P” word to refer to the spread of coronavirus. Yes, that word: “Pandemic.” . . ....