Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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American Cancer Society wants state to spend $10 million a year on smoking cessation and prevention; current budget is $2 million
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network will ask legislators in the upcoming General Assembly session to spend a lot more on tobacco prevention...
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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC has issued a health advisory urging more Americans to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to pile...
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Bipartisan bill would allow guns to be taken from people judged to be at risk of hurting themselves or others; opposition voiced
This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A...
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Travel for abortions, mainly from states like Kentucky, has doubled following Supreme Court decision, and can pose many difficulties
OPINION By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist This week, Kate Cox got an abortion but had to leave Texas, where she lives, to get it. She joined more than 9.3 million...
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If subpoenaed, pharmacy chains hand over customers’ private medical information; lawmakers say warrants should be required
“The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have handed over Americans’ prescription records to police and government investigators without a warrant, a congressional investigation found, raising concerns about threats to medical privacy,”...
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Norton Healthcare says it will alert 2.5 million patients whose personal information may have been compromised by cyberattack
About two and a half million people may have been affected by a ransomware attack on Norton Healthcare, the Louisville hospital company said Tuesday. It said they will get letters soon,...
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Abortion-rights lawsuit needs a new plaintiff, ACLU of Ky. says
UPDATE, Dec. 18: Lacking a plaintiff, the ACLU of Kentucky has dismisssed the suit. Abortion-rights advocates are seeking a new plaintiff for their Kentucky class-action lawsuit because the plaintiff, who...
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UK team promotes proper use of antibiotics to help thwart development of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
By the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team UK HealthCare Pharmacy Services In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Antimicrobials — a group of essential medications including antibiotics,...
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Cigna Group pulls plug on its planned merger with Humana Inc.
Kentucky Health News The Cigna Group has pulled the plug on its planned merger with Louisville-based Humana Inc., which would have created a huge health-insurance company. “The companies couldn’t come...
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As respiratory illnesses keep rising in Ky. by double digits weekly, another one, with a long-lingering cough, is also circulating
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by the state — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to increase in...