Month: December 2023
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Travel for abortions, mainly from states like Kentucky, has doubled following Supreme Court decision, and can pose many difficulties
OPINION By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist This week, Kate Cox got an abortion but had to leave Texas, where she lives, to get it. She joined more than 9.3 million...
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If subpoenaed, pharmacy chains hand over customers’ private medical information; lawmakers say warrants should be required
“The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have handed over Americans’ prescription records to police and government investigators without a warrant, a congressional investigation found, raising concerns about threats to medical privacy,”...
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Norton Healthcare says it will alert 2.5 million patients whose personal information may have been compromised by cyberattack
About two and a half million people may have been affected by a ransomware attack on Norton Healthcare, the Louisville hospital company said Tuesday. It said they will get letters soon,...
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Abortion-rights lawsuit needs a new plaintiff, ACLU of Ky. says
UPDATE, Dec. 18: Lacking a plaintiff, the ACLU of Kentucky has dismisssed the suit. Abortion-rights advocates are seeking a new plaintiff for their Kentucky class-action lawsuit because the plaintiff, who...
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Health Commissioner Stack, master of ceremonies for Beshear’s private swearing-in, praises him as he recalls pandemic work
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack was master of ceremonies for Gov. Andy Beshear’s private swearing-in ceremony as Tuesday began, providing a platform for...
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UK team promotes proper use of antibiotics to help thwart development of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
By the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team UK HealthCare Pharmacy Services In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Antimicrobials — a group of essential medications including antibiotics,...
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Cigna Group pulls plug on its planned merger with Humana Inc.
Kentucky Health News The Cigna Group has pulled the plug on its planned merger with Louisville-based Humana Inc., which would have created a huge health-insurance company. “The companies couldn’t come...
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As respiratory illnesses keep rising in Ky. by double digits weekly, another one, with a long-lingering cough, is also circulating
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by the state — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to increase in...
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Unidentified pregnant woman in Ky. sues for right to get abortion
By Bruce Schreiner & Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to...
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UK has $3 million grant to study impact of mothers’ opioid use on babies; Ky. 3rd in rate of babies with opioid-withdrawal syndrome
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to better understand the impact of opioid-use disorder on mothers and babies. Every...