Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Ky. Center for Smoke-free Policy seeks nominations by March 15 for smoke-free advocates to be honored at next conference
The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy is accepting nominations for local smoke-free advocates who deserve to be recognized for their dedication to improving smoke-free policy and secondhand smoke education in...
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Bill filed in Kentucky that would allow judges to temporarily take guns from those at risk of harming themselves or others
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Admitting it faces a “tough uphill climb,” Republican state Sen. Whitney Westerfield filed a bill Jan. 25 that would allow judges to temporarily remove firearms...
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Ky. health-care workers can apply for loan relief until Jan. 31
By Beth Bowling University of Kentucky In just over a year, the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health has helped provide more than $1.3 million in loan...
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Ky. health-care providers lobby for bill that would ease health insurers’ required prior authorization for medical procedures
OPINION by health-care provider groups listed below It’s a situation all of us will find ourselves in at some point. You’re sick, or get diagnosed with a chronic condition, or...
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Lesser-known health benefit of Dry January: cancer prevention
By Rachel C. Miller University of Kentucky As we begin 2024, resolutions to eat healthier and exercise more are likely on many minds. This year, you may consider adding another:...
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Impact of cannabis use during pregnancy is the focus of UK Cannabis Center’s next online seminar, to be held Feb. 26
The University of Kentucky Cannabis Center is sponsoring an online seminar titled “Cannabis Use During Pregnancy: Research from Policy to Practice” on Feb. 26. The seminar will be held via...
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Kentucky leads the nation in use of new class of drugs that fight diabetes and obesity; more than 2% of Kentuckians use them
Kentucky Health New Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of dispensed prescriptions for a new class of diabetes and obesity medications, according to the analytics company PurpleLab and published by...
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Senate passes bill to cut number of Medicaid managed-care firms from 6 to 3
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The nearly 1.6 million Kentuckians with managed-care Medicaid health coverage would choose from three companies next year instead of the current six, under a...
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Bipartisan ‘momnibus’ bill aims to improve health of mothers, kids
Kentucky Health News Legislators are accustomed to seeing “omnibus” bills that deal with many subjects, sometimes related, sometimes not. Now the Kentucky General Assembly has a “momnibus” bill intended to...
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After four months of legal sports gambling, Kentucky counselors and some bettors are concerned about ease of online wagering
By John McGary WEKU News On Sept. 7, in addition to slot machines and live horse racing, The Red Mile in Lexington had something new to offer: legalized gambling on...