Category: FEATURED
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Feds call for first nursing-home staffing minimums, weaker than industry feared, but homes say it would force some to close
Federal officials’ proposed minimum standards for nursing-home staffing are weaker than expected, Bridget Early reports for Inside Health Policy. The nursing-home industry had anticipated a proposal for about 4.1 hours...
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Clinic that serves 33 Ky. counties is first in state to get a grant from program for comprehensive drug treatment and recovery
Kentucky Health News A behavioral-health clinic that serves 33 Kentucky counties is the first in the state to receive a grant from a national program that fosters comprehensive drug treatment...
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One-fourth of Kentuckians say they have ever been diagnosed with depression; only W.Va. was higher in national CDC survey
By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsOne in four Kentucky adults in a poll taken in 2020 said they had ever been diagnosed with depression, a higher share than in any...
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Study expands access to naloxone, which blocks drug overdose
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Thursday, Aug. 31, marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a time when attention is directed toward raising awareness about opioid overdose and ways to reverse...
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Attacking respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on 3 fronts: Monoclonal antibodies for infants, vaccines for pregnant women and elderly
By Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi University of Kentucky After an intense season of respiratory syncytial virus in the commonwealth, we have a new tool to protect children from RSV. In July...
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28% of Kentucky students were chronically absent last year, up from 18% before the pandemic; national increase was even more
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Twenty-eight percent of students in Kentucky schools were chronically absent from classes during the last academic year, compared to 18 percent in the 2018-19...
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State and advocates try to keep eligible Kentuckians on Medicaid
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Some patients find out they’ve been dropped from Medicaid when they come in to pick up a prescription. Others, when they arrive for a doctor’s...
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Small ‘summer spike’ in Covid-19 cases in Kentucky attributable to a slightly more contagious strain; new shot recommended
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The “vast majority” of Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases are now the variant EG.5 – also known as “Eris” – according to Louisville infectious disease expert Dr....
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Free-market economist says certificates of need shouldn’t be required for health facilities; hospitals, nursing homes disagree
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Kentucky would be “well served by the improved access to health care” if it were to repeal its certificate-of-need laws, a retired economics professor told...
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Schools in Lee, Magoffin close due to Covid-19, other illnesses
The predicted “summer surge” of Covid-19 has been relatively small, but large enough in some Kentucky school districts to make them suspend classes. Magoffin County schools closed Thursday and Friday,...