Category: HEALTH POLICY
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State health commissioner named White House fellow
Dr. Jeffrey Howard —– Dr. Jeffrey Howard, the state health commissioner, is leaving to become a White House fellow, a year-long job as a full-time assistant to senior White House...
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Conference speakers call for a more aggressive approach to eliminate hepatitis; Ky leads the nation in both hepatitis A and C
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Elimination of the three main types of hepatitis is possible, but will require a more aggressive approach that includes increasing vaccinations for hepatitis A...
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Appalachian Regional Commission, working on substance abuse and the workforce issues, calls for ‘recovery ecosystem’
The Appalachian Regional Commission hosted six listening sessions this year to better understand the challenges around substance abuse and how it relates to the Appalachian workforce, and came up with themes to...
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Health departments and their employees making tough choices now that the General Assembly has passed Bevin’s pension bill
Bevin at bill signing (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– Kentucky’s health departments and their employees face some difficult decisions in the wake of the pension legislation passed in the...
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Deepest study yet finds 64% of Kentuckians who’d be affected by Bevin’s proposed Medicaid work rules are meeting them already
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin says “hundreds of thousands” of able-bodied adult Kentuckians on Medicaid should be working but choose not to. But when his new...
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UK gets $11 million grant to decrease cervical cancer in Eastern Ky. with focus on risks: smoking, HPV and low rates of screening
The University of Kentucky has been awarded a five year, $11 million grant to work toward reducing the rates of cervical cancer in Eastern Kentucky, a region that has some of the...
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Republican legislators propose taxing electronic cigarettes, as a health measure and a revenue measure; died in Senate in 2018
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky President Ben Chandler thanks Rep. Jerry Miller as Rep. Kim Moser and Health Commissioner Dr. Jeff Howard look on. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News...
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Opinion: Politicians are playing with fire when they erode support for mandatory childhood vaccinations
OPINION By F. Douglas Scutchfield and Al Cross Public health is the nexus of science and politics. Unfortunately, the two frequently do not mix well. A recent example involving childhood...
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OD deaths in Ky. dropped nearly 15% in 2018; officials credit many policy initiatives, but say ‘incredible challenges’ remain
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw a nearly 15 percent drop in drug-overdose deaths in 2018, the first decline since 2013, and almost three times the national decline...
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After receiving 600 public comments, health cabinet removes proposal to ban tattoos on scarred skin in updated regulation
WFPL photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has updated its requirements for tattoo studios in Kentucky, and they no longer prohibit tattoos on...