Category: HEALTH POLICY
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FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines with new restrictions and limits for healthy children
By David Higgins The Conversation Guidance around Covid-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27 approved updated shots for the fall season,...
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Food assistance for Kentucky veterans at risk under new SNAP changes
By Nadia Ramlagan Public News Service The Trump administration’s changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, mean that most Kentucky veterans will have to prove they are working, looking...
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Health committee to discuss ibogaine as a potential treatment for opioid addiction on Aug. 27
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Interim Joint Committee on Health Services will hold an informational hearing on the potential role of ibogaine in treating substance use disorder and...
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Beshear administration bans deadly ‘designer Xanax’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear banned the sale of bromazolam, also known as “designer Xanax,” on Aug. 18 through an emergency state designation that changes the...
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State opioid commission talks to Louisville Public Media about new reporting requirements for local governments
The state’s opioid commission is changing the way it tracks how millions in opioid settlement money are being spent, and Morgan Watkins with Louisville Public Media talked to the opioid...
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Will Covid vaccine be covered in 2025?
By Michelle Andrews KFF Health News If you want a Covid-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer. Health and Human...
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Kentucky Attorney General calls for immediate ban of ‘designer Xanax,’ linked to 47 overdoses in state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is urging health officials to take emergency action to ban bromazolam, an unregulated synthetic drug linked to 47 deaths...
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Kentucky’s first medical marijuana dispensary approved for operation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s first medical marijuana dispensary is expected to open in the fall, according to Gov. Andy Beshear. “Great news, Kentucky — today, we approved...
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Health officials discuss impacts of looming Medicaid cuts for hospitals, talk about what comes next
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” makes drastic changes to how Kentucky’s hospitals are paid and could result in cuts to services or...
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Federal food assistance changes could hit Kentucky hard
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians got help buying food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in June, according to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. But...