Month: March 2023
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Mostly along partisan lines, legislature overrides governor’s veto of bill that would ban gender-affirming care to minors in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Republicans in the Kentucky House and Senate voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming care...
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Coronavirus cases up 8.7% over prior week; Covid-19 deaths fall, but remain above month’s average; state attributed 49 last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky rose last week and deaths attributed to Covid-19 went down, but remained above the recent average as Kentuckians continued...
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Almost all of Ky. has a low risk of Covid-19, CDC says; its data now rule: New York Times ends daily data reporting, citing less frequency of states’ data
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but five of Kentucky’s 120 counties have a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, according to the latest federal risk map. The Centers for Disease...
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Beshear vetoes bill that would ban gender-affirming care for Kentuckians under 18; Republicans are expected to override it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a far-reaching bill that would ban transgender minors’ access to gender-affirming care and sets strict rules for teaching...
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Everyone 45 and older should be screened for colon cancer, earlier if you have a family history of it; Kentucky has made much progress on this front
Kentucky Health News March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, which serves to remind everyone who is 45 and older – or is younger than 45 with a family history of...
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Legislature takes away Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits Beshear granted; he indicates he will do it another way
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In October, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion of dental, vision and hearing benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid. On March 16,...
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Opinon: Gender dysphoria may have a basis in human biology
By Kimberly Kennedy Most of us witnessed with horror the passage of anti-transgender bill SB150 by legislators who ignored overwhelming opposition. Since Gov. Andy Beshear is expected to veto it,...
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Beshear bans sale of products with tianeptine, unapproved drug with opioid-like effects that has caused overdoses and deaths
Gov. Andy Beshear has signed an emergency regulation that bans the sale of products containing tianeptine, an unregulated drug known as “gas station heroin” that produces opioid-like effects, his office...
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Seats available at Mar. 28 Recovery in the Workplace Conference
The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is hosting its fifth annual Recovery in the Workplace Conference on March 28 at the Marriot Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington and still has seats...
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New coronavirus cases dropped again last week in Kentucky, but state-recorded deaths from Covid-19 had another weekly increase
By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News Last week, new coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped 20 percent from the week before, but deaths from Covid-19 increased again. The state Department for...