Category: FEATURED
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At first SOAR summit session only about health, speakers agree local cooperation is needed to address Appalachia’s health issues
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News PIKEVILLE, Ky. – From top to bottom of the health-care system, speakers agreed local cooperation is essential to improving health in Appalachian Kentucky. They...
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Kentucky has very high rate of addicted mothers; rose by double-digit percentages early in decade, seemed to level off in 2015-16
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a very high rate of opioid-use disorder among women delivering babies in hospitals, according to a study published...
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State health official says Ky. is considering cutting nearly 500,000 people off of Medicaid because of a $300 million program shortfall
Health officials said the state is considering eliminating Medicaid coverage to almost 500,000 Kentuckians because the program is facing a nearly $300 million shortfall. During a review of the 2018...
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Insurance expert advises: understand premiums, coverage, Obamacare subsidies and how much risk you want to assume
‘Anyone buying health insurance this fall faces a daunting task: having to choose among multiple, often-complex options that offer widely varying degrees of protection,” Trudy Lieberman of the Rural Health News...
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State sets rates for federally subsidized health insurance
The state Department of Insurance has approved the 2019 rates for federally subsidized health-insurance plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, setting a slightly higher average rate for the...
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Senate bill, including McConnell items, would boost opioid fight
The U.S. Senate has passed an appropriations bill that “takes aim at the next wave of the opioid crisis: drug-fueled infections like HIV and hepatitis that plague Kentucky,” reports Laura...
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Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 9-15; officials and journalists are paying more attention to this growing cause of death in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In Kentucky, one person dies by suicide about every 11 hours, making it the 11th leading cause of death overall, according to data from...
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17 companies that were warned to stop packaging electronic-cigarette liquids to kids have stopped; FDA warns it’s still watching
All 17 companies that were warned in May to stop marketing their electronic cigarette liquids in packaging that resembled “kid-friendly food products,” like juice boxes, candy and cookies, have stopped...
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Oct. 4 Health Watch USA conference in Lexington will focus on health-care transparency and patient safety
Somerset-based Health Watch USA will hold its 12th annual Healthcare Transparency and Patient Safety conference Oct. 4 in Lexington. This year’s conference will look at the importance of nursing in...
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uhlenberg County doctor became addicted, but turned himself in, recovered, and now runs a drug-treatment clinic
Dr. Barry Hardison of Greenville runs a drug-treatment clinic in Muhlenberg County. “What Hardison has to say isn’t scientific,” Beth Warren of the Louisville Courier Journal reports. “It’s personal,” because...