Category: HEALTH POLICY
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2-1 appeals court ruling will interrupt gender-affirming care for Ky. transgender youth as the new law against it moves through courts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 last Monday to allow Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth...
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Mobile unit provides addiction recovery, other medical services in Glasgow, Leitchfield, Hodgenville, Bardstown and Lebanon
A drug-recovery company based in Glasgow is using a mobile health-care unit and partnerships with businesses to bring an array of health services to people in the area, Michael Crimmins...
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As a drug-resistant fungal disease, Candida auris, adapts to the warmer climate, cases of it rise; up 214% in Kentucky in 2022
Cases of a potentially fatal fungal disease called Candida auris have increased by 1,200 percent since 2017 and the warmer climate could be to blame, Camille Fassett reports for The Associated Press and...
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Some experts say Alzheimer’s drug is brilliant first step to a cure; others say it’s a waste of money that shortchanges the poor
By Arthur Allen KFF Health News The first drug purporting to slow the advance of Alzheimer’s disease is likely to cost the U.S. health care system billions annually even as...
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Covid-19 vaccines: What parents need to know now
The Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a national emergency, but the virus that caused it isn’t gone—and neither is the risk of getting the disease, says Children’s Hospital Los Angeles....
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16 of Kentucky’s 72 rural hospitals are at risk of closing, and 10 of them are at immediate risk, a national advocacy group estimates
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Sixteen of Kentucky’s 72 rural hospitals are at risk of closing, and 10 of those are at immediate risk of closing, according to the...
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Study finds eating ultra-processed foods boosts calories and weight; manufacturers say they make food more affordable
Kentucky Health News “Would you eat food that’s been pre-digested?” That’s how The Washington Post opened a story that digs deep into how industrial processing changes the structure of food...
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U.S. Senate panel OKs bill to rein in pharmacy benefit managers; Kentucky pharmacist applauds similar efforts by House members
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At least one Kentucky pharmacist is applauding the latest efforts to rein in pharmacy benefit managers. PBMs are middlemen that negotiate drug prices with...
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Cameron says that if elected governor he would resume efforts, thwarted by federal court, to add work requirement to Medicaid
Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Wednesday that if elected governor he would quickly restart Republican efforts to “require some able-bodied adults to work in exchange for health-care coverage through Medicaid,”...
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KET panel applauded Kentucky’s 5% drop in overdose deaths in 2022, but cited new challenges and remaining difficulties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A panel of survivors, drug-recovery experts and providers lauded Kentucky’s 5 percent reduction in drug-overdose deaths between 2021 and 2022 on a Kentucky Educational...