Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Kentucky judges and court staff will be offered opportunities to learn more about addiction, recovery and treatment
Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will soon offer an educational program to its judges and court staff that will...
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Kentucky leads the nation in child abuse, which in most cases is neglect that equals abuse; April is Child Abuse Awareness Month
From an editorial by The Winchester Sun Kentucky ranks first in the nation in a terrible way, according to a recent report. The most recent Child Maltreatment Report, issued in...
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McConnell attacks ‘Medicare for All,’ says he favors ‘niche fixes’
Bret Baier of Fox News interviews U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. —– Senate Majority Leader McConnell told Fox News April 10 that he favors “niche fixes” for health care, while vowing that next year’s...
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Trump administration appeals rulings that blocked Medicaid work rules in Ky. and Ark.; decision not likely until after Nov. 5 election
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg —– As expected, the Trump administration has appealed a decisions by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that stopped Kentucky and Arkansas from requiring some...
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Ky. has half the cases in odd, 5-state outbreak of E. coli infection
Video from The Washington Post —–Kentucky has about half of the cases in an outbreak of infections from a strain of E. coli bacteria that has also sickened people in Ohio, Virginia,...
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Health advocates offer tips for getting reluctant local governments to approve syringe exchanges, or ‘harm reduction programs’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in syringe exchanges for drug users, as a way to prevent the spread of disease, but local officials in some...
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Appeals court upholds law requiring doctors to show and describe ultrasound, and play fetal heartbeat, for women seeking abortion
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On a 2-1 vote, a federal appeals-court panel has upheld a 2017 Kentucky law that requires women to have an ultrasound before having an...
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Northern Kentucky judge rules in favor of health department, denies unvaccinated student’s request to return to school
A judge has ruled against a Catholic high school student in his lawsuit against the Northern Kentucky Health Department, which barred him from school and all extracurricular activities during a chickenpox...
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Andy Beshear’s first TV ad in primary casts him as friend of Medicaid expansion, coverage of pre-existing conditions
Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Besehar greeted each other before one of the governor’s State of the Commonwealth addresses. In the opening television commercial of his campaign for...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is updating its directory of health coalitions; deadline to submit information is April 15
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is updating its directory of local health coalitions and is asking groups that work to improve health in their communities to provide their contact information online...