Author: Heather Close
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Respiratory illness in Ky. resurged in the week ended Feb. 10, with 5-to-17-year-olds having an 84% jump in ED visits for the flu
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After weeks of overall decline, three major respiratory illnesses increased in Kentucky during the week ended Feb. 10, with children between the ages of...
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Bill to raise annual purchase limit on pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) and remove package-per-transaction limit moves to Senate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the annual purchase limit on pseudoephedrine, the active ingredient in the decongestant Sudafed, has passed the state House and is...
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Senate sends House bill to have Medicaid cover midwife services
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky Medicaid would begin covering licensed certified professional midwife services under a bill the state Senate sent to the House Thursday by a vote of...
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Kentucky rises to No. 2 in the nation in screening for lung cancer, which lowers the chances that the disease will be fatal
By Charlotte Huff KFF Health News Dr. Tony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we...
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Beshear lieutenants tell Senate that the House didn’t budget enough for Medicaid, based on enrollments they have projected
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern The state Senate began its review of the House two-year budget proposal Feb. 14, starting with Medicaid, which spends $15 billion a year to provide...
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French research indicates that smoking has an effect on immunity to diseases, through molecules that attach to DNA
Kentucky Health News Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses, say a team of French scientists in a research paper...
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It’s Heart Month, which confronts the leading killer in the U.S.; here are five ways to keep your heart healthy or make it healthier.
Kentucky Health News February is American Heart Month, which focuses on the fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and ways to lower your...
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Attorney General Coleman sues Kroger over opioid dispensing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has sued the Kroger Co. for its role in the opioid epidemic in Kentucky. The lawsuit, filed in state court in...
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As blood runs short in Ky. and the U.S., Red Cross seeks donors
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Responding to a potentially dangerous shortage of blood, Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife set an example Monday by donating blood in the state...
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Respiratory illness in Ky. keeps declining, but slowly, and is still elevated; more kids are in hospitals; not too late to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While emergency-department visits and hospital admissions related to respiratory illness were again less numerous in the week ended Feb. 4, the state Department for Public...