Category: DRUGS
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Bill to leave children’s Covid-19 vaccination decisions entirely with parents and guardians is approved by a House committee
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers have sent the House a bill to ensure that the state’s children are not required to get a Covid-19 vaccine and that...
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Comer says his panel will investigate pharmacy benefit managers
As chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky’s First District is launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers and how they affect health-care...
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Lilly says it will cut prices of 2 old insulin products 70% this year, and immediately cap the cost of another one at $25 per vial
Eli Lilly & Co. announced Wednesday that it will cut the prices of some of its older insulin products this year “and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients...
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Quarles says that if elected governor, he would work with the General Assembly to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles told reporters Tuesday he would work with the General Assembly to legalize medical marijuana if he is elected governor. “It needs...
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Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness declines rapidly; seniors need to keep up their immunity, and we need a better vaccine
By Kevin Kavanagh for Infection Control Today I am at high risk for severe Covid-19, being 65 years or older, with additional health problems. I received my bivalent booster as...
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Bill to let advance-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own passes Senate, until now its roadblock
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After years of debate and momths of negotiations, a bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently...
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School officials sound the alarm about students getting sick from vaping and the threat of illegal or deadly substances in devices
Harlan County school officials have “asked businesses to guard against selling vape pens to minors after students in a nearby county got sick from using vape pens that may have...
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Regarding obesity as a disease raises questions about cost of drugs for treating it, and wisdom of diagnosing children too early Illustration by Shoshana Gordon, Axios
By Caitlin Owens Axios Doctors and medical experts are leading a rapid cultural shift around obesity, viewing it as a disease rather than a lifestyle choice. That shift is opening...
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Opioid panel head says rules Beshear signed are sufficient, and being more specific would aid ‘the most powerful and privileged’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The executive director of the state Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission spent a fair amount of time at its latest meeting assuring attendees, both in...
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Radio reporter describes with personal detail what it’s like to go to another state to buy legal cannabis for a medical condition
What is it like for Kentuckians to buy cannabis in another state under Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order? WUKY‘s Karyn Czar, who has one of the 21 medical conditions specified...