Category: FEATURED
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Vape retailers and hemp association file suit to block new law that limits sale of vape products to those approved by the FDA
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Four vape shops, the Kentucky Vaping Retailers Association and the Kentucky Hemp Association have filed suit in Franklin Circuit Court seeking to strike down a...
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Kentucky is No. 4 in smoking, down from No. 2, but at 17.4% of adults, experts say the state’s smoking rate is still way too high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has one of the nation’s highest adult smoking rates, but has fallen to fourth among the states, after many years of either...
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UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Ky. leads U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is largely preventable by a vaccine....
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UK professor Alex Elswick overcame opioid addiction to work with others in recovery and start a community organization to aid them
By Grace Sowards University of Kentucky Alex Elswick grew up with everything he needed. With two great parents, a roof over his head and good grades in school, he was...
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Lottery system will determine who gets 48 licenses for retailers and 10 for processors of medical cannabis in 11 Kentucky regions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear gave an update on the medical cannabis licensing program Thursday, after signing this year’s medical cannabis bill into law the day...
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Free webinar, Health for a Change: Tackling the Immunization Crisis, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8, by health foundation
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “Tackling the Immunization Crisis.” It will be held Wednesday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to noon...
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Louisville’s Norton Healthcare receives $20 million gift to support Parkinson’s disease programming and research
Norton Healthcare has received a $20 million gift for the “Just Imagine” campaign to support programing and research in Parkinson’s disease and movement disorders at the Norton Neuroscience Institute. The...
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Eight suicides in a month make for ‘mental health crisis’ in Pike
By Stan Ingold, WEKU Officials in Eastern Kentucky are dealing with what they are calling a “mental health crisis.” In Pike County, over the last 30 days at least eight...
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Top senators, one of whom lost both parents to smoking, say no advocates spoke to them about increasing anti-tobacco spending
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s top two state senators said Tuesday that none of the advocates for more funding of tobacco prevention spoke to them about it during...
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‘Momnibus’ bill to improve maternal health passes on final day, after being attached to another bill to avoid floor fight on abortion
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News On the last day of the 2024 legislative session, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving Kentucky’s dismal maternal-mortality rate was finally...