Day: March 13, 2023
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Study for hospital association says 38% of Ky. hospitals at risk of closure due to losses; bill would have Medicaid pay for outpatients
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Citing “inflation, record-high operating costs, and lower volumes,” a new report prepared for the Kentucky Hospital Association says 38% of Kentucky’s hospitals are at risk...
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House sends Senate a bill to regulate Delta-8 THC as Senate prepares to give medical-marijuana bill its first hearing and vote
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern After a court decision last year legalized an intoxicating compound derived from hemp, a bill to regulate Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol sped through the state House on...
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Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...
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If you smoke pot, lay off before surgery; you could wake up early
Regular users of marijuana may need up to three times more anesthetic to keep them unconscious during surgical procedures, so they need to tell surgical personnel about it, say doctors...
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With pandemic benefits long gone, and inflation pushing up food prices, lines for free food can stretch for a mile in Hazel Green
HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills, Danny Blair vividly recalled receiving the letter announcing that...
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FDA proposes new requirements for makers of tobacco products aimed at minimizing contamination, protecting public health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules that are aimed at minimizing contamination of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, and that would...