Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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In first gubernatorial debate, Cameron says he could sign a medical-cannabis bill; Keck favors exceptions to abortion law
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Tuesday night that he could sign a medical-marijuana bill as governor if it law-enforcement and medical experts “can get...
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On the third anniversary of the pandemic’s arrival in Ky., the virus continues to infect and kill; state’s new-case rate still 3rd in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Today, March 6, marks the third anniversary of the announcement of Kentucky’s first case of Covid-19, a disease that has infected more than 1.7...
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With pandemic benefits long gone, and inflation pushing up food prices, lines for free food can stretch for a mile in Hazel Green
By Tim Craig The Washington Post HAZEL GREEN, Ky. — As he claimed the first spot in a mile-long line for free food in the Appalachian foothills, Danny Blair vividly...
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Bill to exclude fentanyl test strips from legal definition of drug paraphernalia awaits initial passage by the Kentucky House
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Fentanyl test strips would no longer be considered drug paraphernalia in Kentucky under a bipartisan bill that the House Judiciary Committee approved Wednesday, on a...
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Bill would create phone app for confidential mental-health texting for Ky. youth; 9.5% of Ky. high-schoolers have attempted suicide
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a free mobile-phone application for confidential crisis intervention for Kentucky youth, parents and their teachers is poised to pass the...
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Bill to leave children’s Covid-19 vaccination decisions entirely with parents and guardians is approved by a House committee
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers have sent the House a bill to ensure that the state’s children are not required to get a Covid-19 vaccine and that...
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House health chair says anti-trans bill will worsen state’s health-workforce shortage, chill doctors’ dealings with young patients
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ban gender-affirming treatment for Kentucky minors would worsen the state’s health-care workforce shortage and chill family health providers who often are...
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CDC says no Ky. counties at high risk of Covid-19; state planning moves to adapt to May 11 end of federal public-health emergency
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News No Kentucky counties have a high risk of Covid-19, according to this week’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s weekly risk map, and only...
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Comer says his panel will investigate pharmacy benefit managers
As chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Republican U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky’s First District is launching an investigation into pharmacy benefit managers and how they affect health-care...
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Lilly says it will cut prices of 2 old insulin products 70% this year, and immediately cap the cost of another one at $25 per vial
Eli Lilly & Co. announced Wednesday that it will cut the prices of some of its older insulin products this year “and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients...