Category: FEATURED
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Louisville Circuit Judge Brian Edwards rejects Jewish women’s religious challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban on abortions
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards has ruled against a lawsuit by three Jewish women challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban on religious grounds. In a nine-page opinion...
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Fireworks are fun, but they can be dangerous
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While it wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks, it’s important to remember that all fireworks, even sparklers, can be dangerous. “The...
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988 roll-out uneven, but Ky. appears to be doing ‘pretty well;’ last of 14 regional mental-health centers nearing certification for calls
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though the roll-out of the three-digit national suicide hotline remains a work in progress across the nation, Kentucky’s roll-out over the past two...
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Ben Chandler to retire as head of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky; board names COO Allison Adams to succeed him
Ben Chandler, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for the last eight years, announced Thursday that he would retire at year’s end and be succeeded by...
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Supreme Court allows government efforts against controversial social-media posts, saying plaintiffs lack standing to sue
By Mark Sherman Associated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to...
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Rural Tennessee hospitals near Kentucky border remain closed as the Volunteer State keeps spurning expansion of Medicaid
By Taylor Sisk KFF Health News JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents on the Kentucky border in the shadow of Pine Mountain lost its...
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Health department director says she has work to do, to educate Attorney General Coleman about syringe exchanges
Kentucky Health News The director of a district health department with a syringe exchange has voiced disappointment to her local newspaper over Attorney General Russell Coleman’s opposition to the exchanges....
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Surgeon general declares gun violence a public-health crisis
By Amanda Seitz Associated Press The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public-health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the...
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Cervical-cancer screening declined in pandemic, UK study finds
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky New research at the University of Kentucky reveals concerning declines in cervical cancer screening rates among women in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
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U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging laws like Kentucky’s that ban gender-affirming health care for minors
By Mark Sherman Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block...