Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Louisville wastewater shows a surge of flu virus, signaling Ky. flu season is here; shots recommended for all six months and older
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly respiratory virus update, released Thursday, Nov. 9, shows that Covid-19 activity is moderate and influenza activity is...
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Beshear win pressures legislature to put exceptions for rape and incest, topic of impactful TV ad, into state’s near-total abortion ban
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Standing before cheering supporters on election night, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear wrapped up his re-election celebration with a round of thanks. “First to my parents,”...
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Telehealth helps people stay in drug treatment, UK study finds
By Rachel Evans and Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Drug users getting buprenorphine treatment for opioid-use disorder through telehealth are slightly more likely to stay in treatment longer than those...
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Kentucky health insurers give $750,000 to Louisville public-benefit firm to improve care for opioid-exposed infants in rural Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group for companies selling health insurance in Kentucky, has given $750,000 to Nascend, a Louisvile-based public-benefit...
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By Al Cross, Publisher, Kentucky Health News Director emeritus, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky For more than a dozen years, Kentucky Health News has provided news you can...
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Baby death rate fell 6% in Kentucky in 2022 while it increased nationally and in most states that border Kentucky, CDC reports
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For the first time in 20 years, the rate of infant mortality in the U.S. showed a statistically significant increase in 2022, according to preliminary...
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State’s weekly respiratory-virus update shows hospitalizations of Kentucky children for RSV are increasing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly respiratory virus update, released Thursday, Nov. 2, showed that Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity was...
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Nursing homes say they can’t afford more staff, but critics say they manipulate their financial arrangements to make that case
By Jordan Rau KFF Health News Nursing homes say they can’t afford higher staffing, as the Biden administration proposes to require. But their finances are often opaque.Perhaps the biggest mystery,...
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Poll shows Beshear, Cameron in dead heat; most voters say they oppose current abortion law that lacks rape and incest exceptions
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News From the start, the X factor in the Kentucky governor’s race has been former president Donald Trump: Would his endorsement propel Republican Attorney General...
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Most Kentucky adults favor requiring licenses to sell tobacco and vape products, and revoking licenses of repeat sellers to minors
Most Kentucky adults support the idea of licensing retail stores to sell tobacco and electronic-cigarette products, and revoking the licenses of repeat offenders who sell the products to minors, according...