Category: FEATURED
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New VA policy is expected to save some Ky. veterans by providing free emergency mental-health care to all vets, even if not enrolled
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. Veterans...
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Ky. Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission subcommittees consider five grant applications, with only two getting a yes vote
Story and photo by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two of the three Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission subcommittees reviewed five grant applications asking for funds to fight the opioid...
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Doctors will no longer have to take special training to prescribe opioid that is used to treat addiction but is short of prescribers
The federal government has lifted extra requirements for doctors who want to prescribe buprenorphine, a partial opioid that is used to help drug users beat addiction. That will be a...
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Covid-19 cases and deaths dropped in Ky. last week, but New York Times says state’s infection rate remains one of the highest
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After increasing for two weeks, new coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped 35% in this week’s state report, and Covid-19-related deaths also decreased, but the...
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How to avoid vision problems from diabetes, which 13.6% of Kentuckians have, 7th in U.S.; 33.8% more have pre-diabetes
By Joseph Brown University of Kentucky Diabetes is a disease so prevalent in the U.S. that it is considered to be an epidemic. In Kentucky, according to the American Diabetes...
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Craft says empty chair at table was a ‘close family member’ who ‘was able to overcome the addiction and move on with their life’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For 10 days, Kentuckians have seen and heard this message from Kelly Craft, one of the Republican candidates for governor: “All across Kentucky, an...
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Governor wants firm guidelines on how to spend opioid settlement money, now up to $842 million; Cameron appointee says no
This has been updated. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s local and state governments continue to reap more millions from settlements with drug manufacturers and distributors, and are...
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Flu keeps declining, but shot recommended while activity remains
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza cases in Kentucky continue to decline, dropping again for the sixth week in a row, according to the state’s latest weekly flu report....
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Spending reports by health-care lobbying interests reflect their success at having their way in the Kentucky General Assembly
Kentucky Health News Seven of the top eight spenders on lobbying the General Assembly last year had health-care issues in play. Most of the seven were mainly focused on health...
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Infection with the coronavirus increases by factor of 7 expectant mothers’ chance of death; also threatens their unborn children
If you’re pregnant and get infected with the coronavirus, your risk of dying is seven times greater than those of expectant mothers who are not infected, according to a study published...