Month: July 2025
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Latest Kentucky measles case confirmed in Jefferson County; health officials say vaccination is best protection
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Another case of measles has been confirmed in Kentucky, bringing the state’s total number of cases this year to 13. The most recent case...
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MAHA-KY task force learns about state food and nutrition programs, with a focus on SNAP
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The second Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force meeting focused on food access, nutrition and the impact of the food and beverage industry...
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State health initiative focuses on addiction and harm reduction in July
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The focus of July’s “Our Healthy Kentucky Home” initiative is substance use disorder, otherwise known as addiction, and harm reduction. “More than 80,000 people...
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LEX18: Addiction recovery centers adjusting to payment cuts, calling the cuts ‘detrimental’ to client care
Cuts to Medicaid from the insurance companies that are hired to manage them will be “detrimental” to the recovery community, according to Isaiah House, Kentucky’s largest non-profit addiction recovery organization,...
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Avoid smoking to improve heart health; here are tips to help you quit
By Dr. Peter Haigh University of Kentucky We have known for decades that smoking tobacco is bad for your health. Quitting smoking is probably the single best change a person...
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Kentucky leaders and advocates weigh in on how ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will impact health care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News News about how the passage of what President Donald Trump calls the “Big, Beautiful Bill” will impact the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid...
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3 Kentucky hospitals ranked among Newsweek’s top 200 hospitals for cancer care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky hospitals have been named among the top 200 hospitals for cancer care in Newsweek‘s third annual ranking of America’s Best Cancer Hospitals. The...
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Relief from drug industry middlemen stalled in Kentucky as independent pharmacies struggle
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Kentucky’s independent pharmacies, facing ongoing financial pressure, had hoped for relief from a new law meant to give them more clout against prescription drug industry...
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‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food
By Tracy Roof The Conversation The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the...