Author: Heather Close
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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits legislature nixed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing benefits for Kentucky adults on Medicaid, after the legislature found similar...
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Experts look back at the pandemic and issue a report saying the nation’s public-health system was not equipped to deal with it
By Krista Mahr and Daniel Payne Politico Pulse As the Covid-19 public health emergency enters its final weeks, Washington is still gripped by debate over how the pandemic started and...
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Kentucky’s Covid-19 death rate lower than U.S. average when adjusted for health conditions and average ages in the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Now that Covid-19 has gone beyond the pandemic phase to the endemic phase, how did Kentucky handle the pandemic? A study has found that...
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Ky. Psychological Association to offer program May 11 for news media on strategies for coping when covering traumatic events
In the wake of the mass shooting in Louisville on April 10, the Kentucky Lantern has worked with the Kentucky Psychological Association to create an event for people working in...
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Covid-19 levels stay low; memorial expected to be finished soon; FDA approves new booster, gives new guidance on vaccination
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state and federal Covid-19 reports remain good this week, but Kentuckians are still dying from the disease. Over the last four weeks, the...
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Long Covid is keeping many Americans from returning to work
About 16 million Americans have long Covid-19 and four million of them say this has significantly reduced their ability to carry out day-to-day activities, including their jobs, Paul Solman reports...
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‘Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices’ virtual meeting to be held May 17, registration required
The HEALing Communities Study Learning Collaborative at the University of Kentucky is offering a virtual session titled “Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices” at 11 a.m. ET...
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Annual overdose deaths in Kentucky fall for first time in four years
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first year since 2018, Kentucky saw a drop in drug overdose deaths last year. Provisional data gathered by the Kentucky Injury Prevention...
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Sneezing? Sniffling? Climate change means U.S. allergy seasons last a month longer than in 1990 and have 21% more pollen
By Laurel Swanz Kentucky Health News With allergy season in full swing in Kentucky, those suffering from nasal allergies and asthma may feel as though the pollen gets worse every...
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Ads and social media hype new, expensive weight-loss drugs; doctors sound alarms about off-label uses and side effects
By Darius Tahir and Hannah Norman KFF Health News Suzette Zuena is her own best advertisement for weight loss. Zuena, the “founder/visionary” of LH Spa & Rejuvenation in Livingston and...