Month: March 2024
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Appeals court upholds proposed warning labels for cigarette packs, but sends case back down to decide a procedural issue
By Kevin McGill Associated Press A federal rule to require cigarette packs and advertising to include graphic illustrations that demonstrate the effects of smoking — including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and...
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Bill targeting certificate-of-need process for health-care facilities gets only three votes in House Health Services Committee
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A bill that opponents said would effectively repeal Kentucky’s certificate-of-need law for health-care facilities failed in a strong bipartisan vote of the House Health Services...
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UK diabetes research featured in group’s annual research report
By Hilary Smith University of Kentucky One of the cover stories in the annual research report from the American Diabetes Association is about a University of Kentucky researcher devoted to...
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UK wants your ticks: dead, dry and properly packaged
By Jordan Strickler University of Kentucky The Kentucky Tick Surveillance Project is now accepting tick-testing submissions from Kentucky residents. This project, produced by the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of...
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Bill to protect independent pharmacies from benefit managers moves after changes; insurers say it would increase premiums
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to set new controls on commercial pharmacy-benefit managers was approved by a Senate committee on March 14 as a measure scheduled to...
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ED visits, hospitalizations for respiratory disease decline in state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated, but are declining, and hospitalizations for overall respiratory illness are moderate and declining, according to the state Department for...
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U of L’s new hospital in Bullitt County is now open
Kentucky Health News The University of Louisville opened its UofL Health–South Hospital Monday, March 18, with a community breakfast, open house, and a ceremonial ribbon-cutting with Gov. Andy Beshear at...
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Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In what the sponsor calls a bill to “clean some things up,” more restrictions are being added to the state’s medical-marijuana law and provisions...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital at UK opens center to treat children who are harmed by abuse and neglect, in which Ky. ranks 14th
By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky Representatives from Kentucky Children’s Hospital and the nonprofit foundation Kosair for Kids cut the ribbon recently on the Kosair for Kids Center for Safe &...
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State Senate restores most Medicaid cuts made in the House
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern The state Senate has largely eliminated cuts to Medicaid that were proposed in the House budget. A top state official had warned the House plan...