Category: HEALTH POLICY
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UK launches NIH grant public awareness campaign on social media, says not related to threats to funding
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has launched a video series to highlight how National Institutes of Health grant-funded research drives the university’s role in advancing...
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Lexington Herald-Leader: Federal cuts threaten addiction care, harm reduction services
“Organizations working to reduce Kentucky’s high rate of fatal drug overdoses face uncertain futures as the federal government aims to slash funding for health services,” Taylor Six reports for the...
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General Assembly authorizes $28 million for a new, health care focused campus at SKyCTC in Glasgow
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College in Glasgow has received $28 million in state funding to spend on rebuilding its health campus. The funds...
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Beshear asks people to flood phones with stories of how they benefit from Medicaid as Congress considers cuts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to persuading Congress to stop funding cuts to Medicaid, Gov. Andy Beshear said one of the most important things Americans can...
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WDRB: Kentucky Nurses Association calls for improvements to health care workforce violence law
“Recent violent attacks against health care workers in Kentucky have prompted renewed calls for stronger workplace safety protections, as medical professionals warn that the violence could worsen the state’s ongoing...
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First state-based policy to address early-age onset of colorectal cancer signed into law
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has signed a bill into law that will help more Kentuckians get colon cancer screenings. “Colon cancer is the third most...
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GOP changes to Medicaid in doubt after Gov. Beshear says legislature failed to fund them
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern This article mentions suicide. The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988. Changes the Kentucky General Assembly ordered in Medicaid face an uncertain...
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Gov. Beshear says he will challenge Trump’s funding cuts to health-related grant programs in Kentucky
Kentucky’s health departments are set to lose nearly $150 million in health-related grants after the Trump administration announced it would cancel the state’s Covid-19 health care grants, Sylvia Goodman reports...
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Kentucky invests $300,000 in space research to find cures for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The National Stem Cell Foundation, which is based in Louisville, has been awarded a $3.1 million grant from NASA to continue research on brain...
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Beshear vetoes Medicaid changes as health advocates urge lawmakers to hold off on restrictions
Update, March 27, 2025: House Bill 695 was delivered to the Secretary of State after the veto of the governor was overridden in both the House and Senate. By Sarah...