Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Medical cannabis bill will start in Senate; sponsor says Beshear issued order allowing it as ‘wedge issue’ and tool for re-election
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Sen. Stephen West said Dec. 13 that he will resume sponsoring medical marijuana legislation when the General Assembly convenes Jan....
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Federal audits reveal widespread overcharges, other errors in Medicare Advantage plans; Humana and United stand out
By Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker Kaiser Health News Recently released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans, with some plans...
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Beshear says health decisions based on Kentuckians’ needs, not politics; wishes he could have been more persuasive on vaccines
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...
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Too many pregnant Kentuckians and babies in ‘maternity deserts’ and Ky. has no birthing centers; midwives say they could help
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern During three of her four pregnancies, Laura Browning drove three hours round-trip past hospitals to get prenatal care from midwives in Lexington, the only place...
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Bogus anti-vaccine video goes viral, says a FactCheck.org report
By FactCheck.org There have been more than 13 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered worldwide, including more than 600 million in the United States. The vaccines have saved an estimated...
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Pandemic stress caused premature aging in teenagers’ brains; long-term effect uncertain, but some parents say impact will last
American teenagers’ brains prematurely aged by three years during the pandemic due to the stress of lockdowns, a study has found. The researchers found changes similar to those seen in...
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Building trust in public health for the next time: ‘If a pandemic can’t bring us together around the common purpose, what can?’
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Even as Kentucky reels and recovers from Covid-19 in what some have touted as the “new normal,” experts say there are systemic steps we could...
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Opinion: Without herd immunity, we need masking, ventilation, germicidal lighting, clearer messaging to prevent Covid-19
By Kevin Kavanagh We all need to recognize the dangers of Covid-19 and the risks it imposes to our long-term health and our country’s workforce. Long Covid occurs in about...
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Suit claims Morehead hospital refused to grant all requests from workers for religious exemptions from Covid-19 vaccine mandate
A woman who says she was fired by St. Claire Medical Center for not getting a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the hospital in federal court, alleging that the Morehead hospital...
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Youth suicide rates are higher where mental-health providers are scarce, study of all U.S. counties says; all but 3 in Ky. rated short
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Counties that have shortages of mental-health providers tend to have seen their rates of youth suicide increase in recent years, a study has found....