Author: Heather Close
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Election prompts a look at Beshear’s pandemic restrictions, and Cameron’s challenges to them; Kentucky fared better than feared
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern On March 6, 2020, a Kentuckian tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, and Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency. The...
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Breast-cancer patient unites community with the ‘power of pink,’ especially in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Every October, the city of Versailles is adorned in pink. Light poles downtown don bright pink banners — each with the photo of someone...
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Proponents of freestanding birthing centers say they have a better bill, but hospital association keeps lobbying against it
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Two Kentucky legislators who have championed freestanding birth centers said Monday that they have agreed to concessions in their latest proposal, but the head of...
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Food and Drug Administration sends White House office proposed regulations banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration sent the White House Office of Management & Budget its long-in-the-making regulations that would ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. OMB “serves...
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Rogers, citing treatment-bed increase, says E. Ky. is becoming U.S. drug-recovery capital; state has launched anti-stigma effort
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky, especially its Appalachian counties, continues to be a hotbed of the opioid epidemic. But it is also a leader in fighting it, and...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital branch to open Monday in former home of Shriners Hospital on Richmond Road in Lexington
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, part of the University of Kentucky, will open a facility with four pediatric specialty clinics Monday, Oct. 16 in Lexington. A university press release said the four...
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Postsecondary education council honors Stivers for legislation
State Senate President Robert Stivers received the Innovative Healthcare Leader Award from the state Council on Postsecondary Education at its Workforce Collaboratory awards luncheon in Lexington Tuesday. “The award celebrates Stivers’...
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U of L gets grant to expand doctor training for under-served areas
The University of Louisville has received a $16 million federal grant help train more primary-care physicians in rural and urban areas that need more doctors who focus on family medicine,...
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Health insurers, drug companies and other middlemen account for 45% of America’s huge health-care bill, up from 25% in 2013
Kentucky Health News Americans spend $4.3 trillion a year looking after their health. That is 17% of the nation’s gross domestic product, “twice as much as the average in other...
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UK gets $19 million to study tobacco-product markets and possible additional federal regulation of them in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky is one of seven institutions that are getting about $20 million each in federal money over the next four years to examine the...