Category: EVENTS
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Ky. Rural Health Association to meet Nov. 16-17 in Bowling Green
The 25th annual Kentucky Rural Health Association conference will be held in Bowling Green Nov. 16-17 at the Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace. The keynote address will be given...
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East Kentucky Diabetes symposium to be held in Hazard Nov. 3
The inaugural East Kentucky Diabetes Symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 3 in Hazard. In Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, 16% of adults have diabetes, and the five area development districts with the...
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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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The pandemic is over; now Covid-19 is endemic but is still a leading cause of death. When we will stop treating it differently?
As new coronavirus variants make the headlines and Covid-19 hospitalizations are are on the rise, experts told Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Washington Post that this is the new normal in a...
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Annual health-policy forum Oct. 11 in Lexington will focus on health-care workforce shortage; discount hotel rate expires Mon.
A strong and robust health-care workforce is fundamental to ensuring access to high-quality care, but many areas of Kentucky have a shortage of this vital resource. Kentucky’s health-care workforce shortage...
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Kentucky Opioid Symposium will be held Oct. 9-10 in Lexington
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission will host what it calls its inaugural opioid symposium Oct. 9 and 10 in Lexington. The two-day conference will feature presentations...
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Overdose Awareness Day was opportunity to raise awareness and reduce stigma of drug use; now it’s National Recovery Month
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Each year, the last day of August is observed as International Overdose Awareness Day, to raise awareness of overdoses, acknowledge the grief felt by...
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Community professionals who work with Kynect have a new online resource to connect them with resources and each other
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new website called KyLoop has launched to provide an online connection space for community professionals who work in outreach and enrollment through Kynect,...
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State and advocates try to keep eligible Kentuckians on Medicaid
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Some patients find out they’ve been dropped from Medicaid when they come in to pick up a prescription. Others, when they arrive for a doctor’s...
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Kentucky Association of Health Plans is offering free rides at Kentucky State Fair to people who get vaccinated at its site there
he Kentucky Association of Health Plans is hosting its third annual vaccination pop-up clinic at the Kentucky State Fair and while supplies last, will give away free, unlimited ride wristbands...