Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Survey of 52 high-school students in Ky. hears calls for support of parents, not just students, when tackling substance-use problem
Kentucky Health News Kentucky high-school students in a recent study about substance abuse and its prevention offered some pointed advice about why their peers turn to substances, and said it’s...
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Kentucky Justice Commission on Mental Health to hold five more town-hall meetings; the next one is set for Oct. 11 in Lexington
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health is hosting nine town hall meetings across the state through Nov. 29 to garner input for changing how the justice...
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Legislators waive chance to set up repeal of expanded Medicaid services, and are talking with administration officials about it
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Around 400 patients every week, most covered by Medicaid, flood the University of Kentucky’s dental clinic seeking care they can’t find elsewhere for advanced tooth...
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Fall is vaccine season; doctors say it’s OK to get immunizations for Covid-19 and flu at same time; new RSV vaccine available
Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are circulating, so the vaccine season is upon us. To get the maximum protection, start with a game plan. “Doctors generally suggest getting...
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Ga. professor develops model to show how much you need to walk each day to achieve a specific reduction in your weight
By Bob Buresh The Conversation Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily activity levels....
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Ky. children 10-17 have nation’s 2nd highest obesity rate, 19.6%; adult rate of 37.7% is 9th highest, a slight improvement from 2021
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ties with Wisconsin for the nation’s ninth-highest adult obesity rate, an improvement from second-highest last year, but Kentucky children aged 10-17 still have...
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Answers to questions about the updated Covid-19 vaccines
Updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have rolled out to pharmacies. The Food and Drug Administration approved the mRNA vaccines for everyone 6 months and older. The Centers for Disease...
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State doctors’ group calls for more gun control, repeal of Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ law; passes resolutions on many topics
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Medical Association called mass shooting and gun violence “a public-health crisis” and called for more gun control in one of nine resolutions on...
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The pandemic is over; now Covid-19 is endemic but is still a leading cause of death. When we will stop treating it differently?
As new coronavirus variants make the headlines and Covid-19 hospitalizations are are on the rise, experts told Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Washington Post that this is the new normal in a...
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Federal government relaunches free, at-home Covid-19 tests, to be available Monday, Sept. 25, for up to 4 tests per household
Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million to make new at-home tests for Covid-19 and relaunch the program that allows Americans to order...