Month: March 2025
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Registration is open for the 10th Annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch.
Registration is open for the 10th Annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch. The event is an opportunity to learn about health research conducted with communities in Appalachia. It will...
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‘Never alone’: Kentucky marks five years since its first reported case of Covid-19
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Prisha Hedau was in fourth grade when Kentucky got its first case of Covid-19. She recalls laughing with her friends at school one moment and...
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WCPO 9 News: Ky. woman says medical cannabis changed her life; more than 5,200 cards distributed
A Northern Kentucky woman says medical cannabis has changed her life. Deborah Wisdom of Latonia told Connor Steffen with WCPO 9 News, Cincinnati that at one point, her chronic pain...
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Hopkinsville’s Jennie Stuart Medical Center-Deaconess Health lawsuit settled
Kentucky Health News “A new settlement agreement between Jennie Stuart Medical Center’s governing board and the group Save Jennie Stuart has cleared the hospital board to approve Jennie Stuart’s acquisition...
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Measles found in Kentucky: How to protect your children and yourself
By Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels University of Kentucky More than two decades ago, measles — a highly contagious and potentially deadly childhood disease — was declared eliminated in the United...
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Artificial intelligence was hot topic at Kentucky Chamber’s inaugural Healthcare Innovation Summit
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Artificial intelligence was one of the hot topics at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce‘s inaugural Healthcare Innovation Summit, held Feb. 21 in Louisville. The...
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Family Medicine Associates of Flemingsburg is 1 of 19 national recipients of Anthem’s Care Provider Recognition Program
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky has named Family Medicine Associates of Flemingsburg as one of only 19 national recipients in its inaugural Care Provider Recognition Program. The...
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Kentucky Senate passes a resolution to create a Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite voicing concerns about a resolution to create a Kentucky task force that is charged with exploring ways to integrate the principles of the...
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Health officials report a confirmed measles case in Kentucky, say it’s preventable with vaccination
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials from the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced a confirmed case of measles in a Kentucky resident on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The...
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Free Health for a Change webinar examines how AMA tracks social determinants of health, scheduled March 12
Update, March 3, 2025: This story has been updated to reflect a change of speaker at the webinar. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar...