Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Ky. Rural Health Association to meet Nov. 16-17 in Bowling Green
The 25th annual Kentucky Rural Health Association conference will be held in Bowling Green Nov. 16-17 at the Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace. The keynote address will be given...
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Candidates for governor fuss over credit for opioid settlements
By Aneri Pattani KFF Health News Opioid settlement cash is not inherently political. It’s not the result of a law passed by Congress nor an edit to the state budget....
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Kynect website opens Wednesday, Nov. 1, for shopping and enrollment in federally subsidized health-insurance plans
Kentuckians can shop and enroll for federally subsidized health-insurance coverage on the state-based marketplace, Kynect, starting Wednesday, Nov. 1. Enrollment will be open through Jan. 16. Coverage for those who...
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Sugar season has started, so brush your teeth twice a day, floss daily, and drink plenty of water, UK dental-school dean advises
By Jeff Okeson, D.M.D. Professor and dean, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry From Halloween through New Year’s, holiday parties and family events are filled with gifts and delicious treats....
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Flu and RSV cases increasing in Kentucky, but Covid-19 cases are still by far the leader in lab tests and emergency-room visits
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s weekly Respiratory Virus Update, released Thursday, Oct. 26 showed that Covid-19 activity was moderate, and influenza and respiratory syncytial...
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Kentucky Health Commissioner Steven Stack is the new president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Dr. Steven J. Stack, commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, is the new president of the the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Stack has been state...
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A Covid-19 reporter gets the disease, and learns some lessons
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern For more than three years, I’ve written about Covid-19. The people who caught it and those who kept it longer than they should have. The...
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Cameron, other attorneys general sue Meta, accusing Facebook and Instagram of purposely harming mental health of youth
Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is among a large, bipartisan group of attorneys general suing Meta, the parent firm of social-media platforms Facebook and Instagram, for purposefully harming...
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Beshear defends pandemic work as Cameron cites learning loss, makes false claim about founder of Planned Parenthood
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In their next-to-last debate before the Nov. 7 election, Gov. Andy Beshear defended his response to the Covid-19 pandemic against criticism from Republican...
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In debate, Cameron slams Beshear’s handling of pandemic; governor says ‘I’d rather save lives than win re-election’
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern During a debate Saturday night, the candidates for governor were asked if the state should have an ongoing plan for a future pandemic, like the...