Category: FEATURED
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Bird flu is bad for livestock; it’s not a dire threat to most of us – yet
By Amy Maxmen KFF Health News Headlines are flying after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have...
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Fact Check: Contrary to social-media posts, there is still no evidence that Covid-19 vaccines increase your risk of cancer
By Catalina Jaramillo FactCheck.org It has not been shown that Covid-19 vaccines cause or accelerate cancer. Yet opponents of the vaccines say a new review article “has found that Covid-19...
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Industry says Biden administration’s rule mandating staffing levels for nursing homes is ‘impossible’ for them to meet
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new law that sets minimum staffing requirements for federally funded long-term care facilities will require many of them to hire more nurses and...
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Does Ky. law protect in vitro fertilization? Depends on who’s asked
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern None of the bills to explicitly protect in vitro fertilization in Kentucky got a hearing this legislative session, making them effectively dead on arrival. With...
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New official recommendation: Women should start every-other-year mammograms at age 40; some groups favor annual scans
By Carla K. Johnson Associated Press Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to...
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Legislative lobbying reports for last session rank pharmacy-benefit managers fifth, hospitals sixth, Altria 11th, Anthem 17th, docs 18th
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The trade association for pharmacy benefit managers, which acts as middlemen between drug and health-insurance companies, was the fifth largest reported spender on lobbying...
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Vaping and substance use in Kentucky schools has spiked in the last five years, especially in the younger grades; up 147% overall
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of drug, alcohol and tobacco events recorded by schools have increased in schools at all levels across Kentucky, according to data collected...
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University of Kentucky will buy St. Claire Hospital in Morehead
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted Friday to approve plans to acquire St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. The targeted date for UK’s takeover is July 1. The move...
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Biden administration indefinitely postpones ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback from Black voters, others
By Matthew Perrone and Zeke Miller Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a...
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MedCenter Health, chain based at Bowling Green hospital, to expand medical specialty offices at new building in Glasgow
Kentucky Health News The small hospital chain based in Bowling Green, MedCenter Health, is expanding its medical-specialty offerings in its largest close neighbor, Glasgow. MCH has had a presence in...