Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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A Covid-19 reporter gets the disease, and learns some lessons
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern For more than three years, I’ve written about Covid-19. The people who caught it and those who kept it longer than they should have. The...
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Cameron, other attorneys general sue Meta, accusing Facebook and Instagram of purposely harming mental health of youth
Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is among a large, bipartisan group of attorneys general suing Meta, the parent firm of social-media platforms Facebook and Instagram, for purposefully harming...
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UK finds drug-resistant fungus on 5 patients on 1 floor of hospital
A sneaky, infectious, drug-resistant fungus called Candida auris has been found on five patients on one floor at the Albert B. Chandler Hospital at the University of Kentucky, UK announced...
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Heart expert: Ibogaine to treat opioid addiction is safe only in hospitals; others say risk can be mitigated; ‘rough’ plan outlined
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In a session focused on challenges of getting the psychedelic drug ibogaine approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating addiction with help of the state’s...
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East Kentucky Diabetes symposium to be held in Hazard Nov. 3
The inaugural East Kentucky Diabetes Symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 3 in Hazard. In Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, 16% of adults have diabetes, and the five area development districts with the...
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Election prompts a look at Beshear’s pandemic restrictions, and Cameron’s challenges to them; Kentucky fared better than feared
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern On March 6, 2020, a Kentuckian tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, and Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency. The...
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Breast-cancer patient unites community with the ‘power of pink,’ especially in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Every October, the city of Versailles is adorned in pink. Light poles downtown don bright pink banners — each with the photo of someone...
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Proponents of freestanding birthing centers say they have a better bill, but hospital association keeps lobbying against it
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Two Kentucky legislators who have championed freestanding birth centers said Monday that they have agreed to concessions in their latest proposal, but the head of...
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Food and Drug Administration sends White House office proposed regulations banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration sent the White House Office of Management & Budget its long-in-the-making regulations that would ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. OMB “serves...
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Medicare open enrollment runs through Dec. 7; your advantage isn’t always with Advantage; use caution when choosing a plan
By Julie Appleby KFF Health News Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots — and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare...