Month: June 2023
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E-cigarettes get bigger and badder: Sales up rose 47% in last 3 years, nicotine content up 76% in last 5; FDA struggles to regulate
By Liz Szabo KFF Health News When the Food and Drug Administration first asserted the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes in 2016, many people assumed the agency would quickly get...
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Herald-Leader digs into idea of using a psychedelic drug to treat opioid-use disorder, talks to a Ky. woman about her use of it
The head of the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission has suggested using up to $42 million of the more than $900 million in settlement funds with drug companies to invest...
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Abortion providers drop, at least for now, challenge to state’s anti-abortion laws after failing to find a patient to be the plaintiff
Kentucky’s two abortion clinics are dropping a legal challenge to the state’s near-total abortion ban, citing the state Supreme Court’s decision this year that they lacked standing to sue on...
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‘Understanding autism: A KET Forum’ premieres June 27
Autism, which is a complicated and often misunderstood neurological and developmental disorder, will be the subject of a forum on KET at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 27 and on...
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Kentucky ranks 40th in child well-being, 3 slots lower than 2021; child obesity and underweight births up, child death rate way up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky, where nearly one in four people are children, ranked 40th among states for the overall well-being of its children, dropping three slots from...
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Kentucky has an uptick in ticks, and people are getting ticked off; UK entomologist says state seems to be ‘becoming KenTICKy’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A warmer February in Kentucky has likely contributed to an uptick in ticks, and Kentuckians aren’t happy about it. Some even sound ticked off....
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FDA panel recommends updating Covid-19 vaccines; here’s why
The Food and Drug Administration‘s external scientific committee unanimously recommended Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines be updated to thwart new versions of the virus, which is mutating about twice as fast...
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Opioid panel to hold hearings on funding ibogaine drug research, including a promoter; member sees a conflict, chair quashes talk
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The commission that manages the state’s opioid-settlement money voted June 13 to hold two public hearings to discuss the idea of funding development of...
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Kentucky had 5% fewer drug overdose deaths in 2022 than in ’21
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is still losing more than 2,000 citizens a year to drug overdoses, but last year’s total was less than the year before, the...
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Ky. nursing-home company closes 2 Louisville homes, agrees to pay $1 million penalty; inspectors found rodent infestation and filth
Exceptional Living Centers of Lexington, which operates several Kentucky nursing homes. “has agreed to close two of its Louisville facilities, displacing roughly 200 people, after state inspectors uncovered serious problems...