Author: Al Cross
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Bullitt County health board will appeal judge’s ruling against smoking ban, with financial help from Clark County
The Bullitt County Board of Health will appeal a local judge’s ruling that it lacks the authority to impose a smoking ban, and it will get some help from the...
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Now is the time to get flu vaccine, state health officials warn
State public health officials are encouraging Kentuckians to be vaccinated for flu now to reduce the spread of the illness. Steve Davis, M.D., acting commissioner of the Department for Public...
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Is University Hospital public? Attorney general will decide; merger proposal raises question of church-state separation
Attorney General Jack Conway has been asked to decide “whether University Hospital is a public institution — an issue in the controversial plan to merge the University of Louisville’s main...
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3 universites and federal agency join to improve oral health in Appalachian Kentucky
With money from the Appalachian Regional Commission and some of their own, three very different Kentucky universities will collaborate “to enhance sustainable, collaborative dental health education and care” in the...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK says its patients have higher survival rates than those treated elsewhere in Ky. and the nation
“Patients at the University of Kentucky‘s Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the...
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Free conference on Alzheimer’s in Louisville Sept. 17
A Washington-based geriatric researcher will join University of Louisville researchers and clinicians a free conference examining Alzheimer’s disease from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Crowne...
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The Courier-Journal, continuing to explore Louisville hospital merger, says many more questions still need answering
The proposed merger of the University of Louisville hospital with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Healthcare and with St. Joseph Health System of Lexington, which follows the teachings of the...
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Sept. 13 forum in Somerset will explore how rural communities can get healthier and get better care at lower cost
“In an era of tight budgets and strained resources, Kentucky and its rural communities can no longer afford ‘business as usual’ in the delivery of health care services,” write Susan...
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Weekly newspaper in Adair County does a special section on health and sends it to everyone in the county
Special sections on health are good for community newspapers and their readers. Health-care providers have money for advertising in such sections, and a section focused on health can have more...
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Kentucky Rural Health Assn. gives first newspaper writing awards; Kentucky Health News writer wins for previous work
Tara Kaprowy, the chief writer for Kentucky Health News, won one of the first awards given by the Kentucky Rural Health Association for newspaper writing. Kaprowy won the prise for...