Category: FEATURED
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Medical marijuana appears to have more traction than ever in Ky.
Rep. Jason Nemes (Courier-Journal photo by Joe Sonka) —– Kentucky looks closer than ever to joining the 37 states that allow prescriptions for marijuana, or cannabis. Thursday evening a state House committee approved...
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Number of Ky. counties where masks are advised is down to 32
Ky. Dept. for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Only 32 Kentucky counties have such a high risk of coronavirus infection and hospitalization that residents should...
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Latest bill to aid independent pharmacies passes first hurdle; would ban requiring or incentivizing patients to use mail order
Rep. Steve Sheldon —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many Kentucky lawmakers keep siding with independent pharmacies against pharmacy benefit managers, the insurance middlemen between pharmacies and drug makers....
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Closed hospital in Ashland area to become drug-treatment center
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Russell, Ky. (Photo from Addiction Recovery Care) —– A major drug-treatment company says it has completed its purchase of part of Our Lady of Bellefonte...
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Senate passes its version of state budget with many health items; $100 million would ‘support a response to the nursing shortage’
Photo from American Nurses Association —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Senate passed its version of a two-year state budget by a 30-6 vote Wednesday, the same...
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Bill moving in legislature would ban abortions after 15 weeks
Max Wise (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Abortions in Kentucky would be illegal after the 15th week of pregnancy, if the legislature passes a bill that cleared its...
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Must-pass spending bill will let FDA regulate synthetic nicotine, which electronic cigarette makers adopted to avoid regulation
The Puff Bar e-cigarette (Photo by Marshall Ritzel, AP) —– The spending bill Congress is passing to keep the federal government going until the fall will let the Food and Drug Administration regulate synthetic nicotine,...
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House sends Senate bill for opt-out from mask mandates, testing and vaccines, ban of mandates in public colleges and universities
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow parents and guardians to opt their children out of mask mandates in public schools, and ban...
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Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky continue to decline, but deaths from the disease remain high and vaccination rates are still low
Daily state Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. For the latest weekly map showing risk of hospitalization, suggesting masking practices, click here....
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House hopes third bill is the charm as it sends the Senate compromise legislation to address ambulance delays
Rep. Ken Fleming, R-Louisville —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The House has passed and sent the Senate a bill aimed at improving ambulances’ response times, for both emergent...