Author: Al Cross
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Ads touting McConnell’s record on surprise billing, Medicare for All could be a surprise of their own, since they confuse the issues
Analysis by Al Cross Kentucky Health News A conservative group has started television and radio commercials in Kentucky and other states thanking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others in...
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Catholic hospital near Ashland to close, costing 1,000 jobs
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital opened in 1953. (Ashland Daily Independent photo) —– Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in the Ashland suburb of Russell will close by Sept. 30, says the Bon Secours...
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Dentist gives warning signs of oral cancer, ‘not always definitive’
Shelley Shearer —– By Dr. Shelley Shearer There are nearly 50,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States each year, accounting for 3 percent of all cancer diagnoses....
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Flu cases dip a bit in new year, are still much higher than last season; 21 have died from flu in Kentucky; a shot still protects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza has killed 21 people in Kentucky this season, two under the age of 18, according to the state Department for Public Health. The latest weekly...
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Medical marijuana advocates more hopeful it will pass, but main foe still cites lack of evidence; bill asks feds to do more research
medicalnewstoday.com image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to legalize marijuana for medical purposes has been filed in the Kentucky General Assembly, with great hopes by advocates...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps rising as far as the eye can see. In 1995 health care...
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Organ donor’s story spurs bill to give state employees paid time off for such donations, create tax deduction for related expenses
Beth Burbridge gave Jackson Alldaffer a kidney. (Courier Journal photo) —– “A woman who donated an organ to a complete stranger, then mounted a campaign to give paid leave to...
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Bill to ban female genital mutilation passes out of Senate health committee; Kentucky is one of 15 states where practice is legal
@StopFGM Twitter image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bipartisan bill to ban female genital mutilation in Kentucky unanimously passed out of committee Jan. 15...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products in Kentucky to 21, in compliance with federal law, passes first hurdle
Kendall Tubbs, Bonnie Hackbarth and Sen. Ralph Alvarado spoke for a bill to raise Kentucky’s legal age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By...
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Smoke-free advocates rally at state Capitol for three measures to decrease soaring youth use of electronic cigarettes
Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rally at state Capitol —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Coalition for a Smoke-free Tomorrow rallied in Frankfort Jan. 14 to call...