Category: HEALTH POLICY
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This looks like the year for an epidemic of measles, the most contagious disease, which can be deadly but is very preventable
By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist Yesterday I got a Google news alert: “Measles.” Yes, measles. In the 21st century. At the height of winter. Measles typically spreads in spring....
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Seven mobile crisis-response grants allow ‘better treatment, a lot quicker’ for people undergoing mental-health crises
Kentucky Health News Seven local-government organizations are getting grants to start community crisis co-response programs, which form partnerships between behavioral-health professionals, law enforcement or other first responders and local governments...
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First Opioid Abatement Settlement Commission meeting under new leader draws big crowd, largely to support ibogaine study
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 130 people attended the first Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission meeting under the group’s new executive director, by all indications in support of the...
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State reports two Kentucky children have died, one from flu and one from Covid-19, but hospital visits show first decline in months
As the state reported the first two deaths of children from Covid-19 and influenza, Kentucky saw the first drops in emergency-room visits and hospital admissions for the diseases in more...
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Scott County Schools to launch pilot to support bereaved children; one in nine Kentucky children lose a parent by the age of 18
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Center for Grieving Children & Families, launched in 2021, has received a big grant that will allow it to team up with...
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Third annual Harlan County Drug Summit looks at ways to address addiction, with a focus on prevention
Nearly 200 people attended the third annual Harlan County Drug Summit on Thursday, Jan. 11, to hear a message largely focused on prevention, Chandler Wilcox reports for Hazard’s WYMT. “We have a lot...
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Beshear wants 15 medical conditions added to medical-cannabis law, but key legislators say now isn’t the time to do that
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear wants 15 more health conditions to be added to the list of qualifying conditions in the state’s legislatively authorized medical-marijuana program,...
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Addiction Recovery Care urges Kentuckians with substance-use disorder to seek care, saying January is one of its busiest months
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With the start of a new year, Addiction Recovery Care is encouraging individuals struggling with substance-use disorder to seek addiction care, noting that January...
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Free webinar, ‘Health for a Change: ACEs, Substance Use Disorder, and Prevention’ is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 19
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “ACEs, Substance Use Disorder and Prevention.” It will be held Friday, Jan. 19, from 11 a.m....
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Flu, up 33% in year’s final week, continues to drive big jumps in respiratory illness in Kentucky; it’s not too late to get a flu shot
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Like the rest of the nation, Kentucky saw another big jump in influenza cases in the week ended Dec. 30, with visits to emergency...