Author: Al Cross
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DEA declared National Fentanyl Awareness Day; now is ‘the most dangerous time in history to use drugs,’ ARC executive says
dea.gov photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to increase in overdose deaths caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared Tuesday, May 10...
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CDC says 12 Kentucky counties have medium levels of coronavirus as cases and positivity-rates creep up across state
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twelve Kentucky counties, most of them in Eastern Kentucky, are in yellow, indicating a medium level...
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University of Pikeville says it will build Kentucky’s third dental school with a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor
University of Pikeville website logo —– The University of Pikeville plans to create Kentucky’s third dental school with a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor’s family foundation, the largest in the...
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Do you use or prescribe medications for opioid-use disorder? Researchers at UK would like to know what you think about it
Illustration from University of Kentucky —– Primary-care providers who prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid-use disorder, and people receiving treatment for the disorder, are invited to participate in studies led by...
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Most Kentucky hospitals in national safety ratings got Cs again; state’s percentage of A grades is 35th in nation, down from 30th
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A nonprofit group that gives letter grades twice a year to hospitals for patient safety has again given grades of C to most Kentucky...
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Nation’s top opioid manufacturer, which sent 716 million pills to Kentucky in 2006-14, drove epidemic by influencing prescribers
Average number of pain pills distributed per person, per year, by county, 2006-14. (Detail of map by The Washington Post; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version.) —–...
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FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars, popular among Blacks, whose leaders are divided on the matter
Photo from ash.org —– Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its long-anticipated plan to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavors in cigars. “The proposed rules would help prevent children...
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OPINION: Kentucky’s governor could legalize medical marijuana with ‘a game of constitutional chicken,’ advocate writes
Jim Higdon —– By Jim Higdon Gov. Andy Beshear is the first governor in the history of Kentucky to call for legalizing cannabis. Following the failure of the Kentucky legislature...
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Coronavirus positive-test rate and new cases, and Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths, are all rising again in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph, from weekly state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As in most other states, the metrics used to measure Covid-19 in Kentucky have ticked...
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Ky. journalist tells the story of her first pregnancy, focusing on choice — whether that be parenthood, adoption or abortion
Bonnie Jean Feldkamp in her high school band uniform —– A Kentucky women writes about the importance of choice when it comes to decisions about abortion and tells her story...