Category: FEATURED
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State has texting programs to help young people stop ‘vaping;’ experts say only 5 of 100 smokers are able to quit on their own
WebMD photo —– The abrupt change in the legal age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, has likely resulted in many to people 18, 19 and 20 being cut off...
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Transport and fears of stigma and lack of confidentiality biggest barriers to accessing rural syringe exchanges, study concludes
Counties in study are in red; click on the image to enlarge it. —– By Heather Chapman Kentucky Health News Rural residents who inject drugs say they are less likely...
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Harvard study finds toxin in Juul pods that is known to cause long-term lung damage; highest in flavors not nixed by new FDA ban
CNN image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study at Harvard University found that electronic cigarette products made by Juul Labs had a microbial toxin that can cause long-term lung damage. The...
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Lexington launches free app for youth to educate them about opioids; promoters hope to roll it out across state this year
Image from the FEND website —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington is offering a new app called FEND, for “Full Energy, No Drugs,” to aid in the education...
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New AG vows to fight child abuse (Ky. ranks No. 1 in it); child-advocate groups want changes in state laws to protect children
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron spoke at a press conference about child abuse. (Louisville Courier Journal photo) —– Kentucky’s new attorney general called a press conference to declare his office’s commitment to...
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Grayson County newspapers introduce health department’s new public health director, who says he’s going after human trafficking
Grayson County Public Health Director Joshua Embry (Photo by Matt Lasley, Grayson County News-Gazette) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News LEITCHFIELD, Ky. – Health departments in Kentucky usually operate in...
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FDA bans sale of most flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes; menthol flavor still allowed, against health advocates’ advice
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...
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New legal age of 21 to buy tobacco products surprises some; anti-smoking leaders say it won’t thwart teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...
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Flu keeps accelerating in Ky.; weekly chart looks like a ski jump
Influenza kept spreading faster in Kentucky in the week ended Dec. 21, the last week for which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department for Public Health have issued...
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Gov. Beshear rescinds Bevin’s Medicaid waiver plan but asks federal government to let Kentucky keep four parts of it
Beshear signs executive order on Medicaid. (Melissa Patrick photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As he promised in his campaign, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear rescinded defeated Republican predecessor Matt...