Author: Melissa Patrick
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Cabinet says kinks are worked out of the state’s new public benefit system, but Republican lawmaker calls for contract review
Health officials assured lawmakers on Thursday that they had worked through the issues that led to the rocky rollout of the state’s new public benefit system, but lawmakers pushed back...
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Third annual Ky. hepatitis conference scheduled July 26 in Lexington; Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting set July 28 in Hazard
Kentucky, which leads the nation in hepatitis C infections, will have its third annual hepatitis conference July 26 in Lexington, followed by a Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting in Hazard...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 toward improving the health of Kentuckians
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 to help communities and health policy advocates improve the health of Kentuckians, according to its annual report....
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Several Kentucky school districts are requiring students who drive to school to pass a drug test; Hardin County is the latest
Image: commons.wikimedia.org By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hardin County has joined a growing number of Kentucky school districts that require student drivers, and those who participate in athletics, to...
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Ky. and Southeast lack statewide smoking bans; political climate here has shifted focus to local bans; Hazard just passed one
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hasn’t passed a comprehensive smoke-free law, but neither has any state in the Southeast, notes a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Louisville surgeon Hiram Polk named state health commissioner
Dr. Hiram Polk Dr. Hiram Polk, a prominent surgeon from Louisville, has been appointed as the commissioner for the state Department for Public Health. He will report to Vickie Yates...
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Insurance firm’s study found Kentucky’s costs for long-term, in-home care dropped this year, even as nation saw an increase
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The cost of in-home, long-term care in Kentucky is less than it was a year ago, an insurance company study says. That should come...
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There’s a vaccine for young people that prevents cancer, but most of them don’t get it because most doctors fail to recommend it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The human papilloma virus vaccination is proven to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts, but many pediatricians and family doctors still don’t strongly recommend...
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Work-oriented requirements in Medicaid plan could hit a snag; feds haven’t approved a plan with such requirements yet
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan for Medicaid might not be approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as readily as he suggested, because...
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Kids Count report finds Ky. remains in the bottom 1/3 of states for children’s well-being; is this a predictor of the state’s future?
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If Kentucky’s future lies in the well-being of its children, there’s reason to worry, because a recent report shows that Kentucky consistently remains in...