Author: Heather Close
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Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...
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If you smoke pot, lay off before surgery; you could wake up early
Regular users of marijuana may need up to three times more anesthetic to keep them unconscious during surgical procedures, so they need to tell surgical personnel about it, say doctors...
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With pandemic benefits long gone, and inflation pushing up food prices, lines for free food can stretch for a mile in Hazel Green
HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills, Danny Blair vividly recalled receiving the letter announcing that...
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FDA proposes new requirements for makers of tobacco products aimed at minimizing contamination, protecting public health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules that are aimed at minimizing contamination of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, and that would...
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CDC: 83% of Ky. counties have low risk of Covid-19 transmission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky again has a low risk of Covid-19 transmission on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention risk map, but when it...
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Freestanding birth center bill hits roadblock: Senate floor leader
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though a Senate bill to remove the state’s certificate of need requirements from freestanding birthing centers has passed out of the same committee...
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Learn how to nominate someone for recognition as a Healthy Kentucky Champion in a 30-minute webinar at noon ET March 21
Kentucky has many “Healthy Kentucky Champions,” people recognized by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for their efforts to make our state a healthier place. You may know someone worthy...
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In first gubernatorial debate, Cameron says he could sign a medical-cannabis bill; Keck favors exceptions to abortion law
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Tuesday night that he could sign a medical-marijuana bill as governor if it law-enforcement and medical experts “can get...
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On the third anniversary of the pandemic’s arrival in Ky., the virus continues to infect and kill; state’s new-case rate still 3rd in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Today, March 6, marks the third anniversary of the announcement of Kentucky’s first case of Covid-19, a disease that has infected more than 1.7...
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With pandemic benefits long gone, and inflation pushing up food prices, lines for free food can stretch for a mile in Hazel Green
By Tim Craig The Washington Post HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills, Danny Blair vividly...