Category: HEALTH POLICY
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If subpoenaed, pharmacy chains hand over customers’ private medical information; lawmakers say warrants should be required
“The nation’s largest pharmacy chains have handed over Americans’ prescription records to police and government investigators without a warrant, a congressional investigation found, raising concerns about threats to medical privacy,”...
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Abortion-rights lawsuit needs a new plaintiff, ACLU of Ky. says
UPDATE, Dec. 18: Lacking a plaintiff, the ACLU of Kentucky has dismisssed the suit. Abortion-rights advocates are seeking a new plaintiff for their Kentucky class-action lawsuit because the plaintiff, who...
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Health Commissioner Stack, master of ceremonies for Beshear’s private swearing-in, praises him as he recalls pandemic work
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Public Health Commissioner Steven Stack was master of ceremonies for Gov. Andy Beshear’s private swearing-in ceremony as Tuesday began, providing a platform for...
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UK team promotes proper use of antibiotics to help thwart development of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
By the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team UK HealthCare Pharmacy Services In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Antimicrobials — a group of essential medications including antibiotics,...
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Cigna Group pulls plug on its planned merger with Humana Inc.
Kentucky Health News The Cigna Group has pulled the plug on its planned merger with Louisville-based Humana Inc., which would have created a huge health-insurance company. “The companies couldn’t come...
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As respiratory illnesses keep rising in Ky. by double digits weekly, another one, with a long-lingering cough, is also circulating
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by the state — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to increase in...
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Unidentified pregnant woman in Ky. sues for right to get abortion
By Bruce Schreiner & Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to...
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UK has $3 million grant to study impact of mothers’ opioid use on babies; Ky. 3rd in rate of babies with opioid-withdrawal syndrome
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky is working to better understand the impact of opioid-use disorder on mothers and babies. Every...
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Biden administration again delays menthol-cigarette ban as Black support for Biden drops; anti-smoking advocates push back
Kentucky Health News The Biden administration has again delayed issuing a decision to eliminate menthol cigarettes, with plans to finalize the final rule next March, according to an updated regulatory...
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Meat-heavy diet raises risk for Alzheimer’s disease, study finds, predicting U.S. cases of the disease will grow 50% by 2038
Kentucky Health News Americans’ meat-rich diets make them more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. “Diets that are more plant-based,...