Day: March 21, 2022
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Senate sends House a bill to create a pilot program for treatment of offenders with mental-health or substance-use disorders
State Sen. Whitney Westerfield —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill moving through the state legislature would create a pilot program to divert some qualifying low-level offenders away...
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McConnell says more funds to fight the coronavirus should come from money in Democrats’ 2021 relief bill that hasn’t been spent
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that Democrats should be willing to reallocate some unspent money from their previous pandemic relief bill to get more money to fight the coronavirus....
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Flu cases in Kentucky have ticked up a bit in the last few weeks, and it’s not too late to get a flu shot; season can go through May
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following nine weeks of decline, influenza cases in Kentucky ticked back up. The state Department for Public Health reports that...
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Registration is open for April 14 conference in Bowling Green on youth vaccine that prevents certain types of cancer
Screenshot of flyer; for registration information, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News The Kentucky Rural Health Association is devoting a one-day conference to discuss a vaccine that can protect against...