Category: HEALTH POLICY
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With no exceptions for rape or incest, Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban can force children as young as 9 to deliver a baby
Courier Journal graphic; for a larger version, click on it; to download, right-click. —– While pregnancy in very young girls is rare, it does happen. “In Kentucky, the two youngest...
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Monkeypox cases in Ky. remain low, but keep inching up slowly; vaccine is available for those at high risk of getting the disease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as new cases of monkeypox inch up in Kentucky, overall cases remain low. On Sunday, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed...
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Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission plans eight town-hall meetings around the state, starting in Pikeville Sept. 19
The state commission overseeing distribution of $478 million in opioid-settlement funds in Kentucky has scheduled a series of town-hall meetings to discuss drug addiction, treatment and recovery in the state....
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Ky. abortion ban makes more women seek sterilization; doctors try to clarify uncertainty about the limited exceptions to the ban
Ashley Watson (Herald-Leader photo) —– With Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in place at least until November, and state law unclear about the very limited exceptions, there has been a “swell of...
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Dr. Monalisa Tailor, an internal-medicine physician in Louisville, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association
Dr. Monalisa Tailor Norton Healthcare photo —– Dr. Monalisa Tailor, a Louisville internal-medicine physician, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association. She is both the youngest and first female...
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FDA OKs updated Covid-19 booster targeting latest Omicron subvariants; Beshear says it could be available in Ky. next week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, updated Covid-19 booster shots that target the original strain of the coronavirus and major Omicron subvariants could be available to Kentuckians as...
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Fauci is leaving, but Comer and Paul say they’re coming after him
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul at July 2021 hearing —– Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he will retire from the federal government at year’s end prompted two members...
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Agency that handles Medicare and Medicaid says it will propose a rule next spring for minimum levels of staffing in nursing homes
Photo from RTI.org —– Efforts to require minimum levels of nursing-home staffing, which have failed in Kentucky and some other states, are now focused on the federal level, where the...
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The pandemic is on a rough plateau in Kentucky, which still has highest rate of new coronavirus cases of any state in last 7 days
New York Times maps show Kentucky is the U.S. hotspot, mainly because of southeastern counties. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic remained at a rough plateau in Kentucky...
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Seven Healthy Kentucky Champions named by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky; finalists for Friedell Award to be given Oct. 17
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has announced its 2022 class of Healthy Kentucky Champions. The awards recognize individuals dedicated to improving the health of Kentuckians at a community level or state...