Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Doctors worry about vagueness of Ky. abortion ban’s exception for cases of risk to woman’s life; federal officials try to clarify rules
Uterus diagrams via Medbullets, an educational site; click to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Federal officials have issued guidance in an attempt to clarify when health-care providers can perform...
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Every Covid-19 metric is up this week in Kentucky, with positive-test rate nearly 17%, not counting home tests; deaths are way up
Kentucky Health News graph from state data; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All the metrics used to measure the coronavirus in...
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McConnell says he has stood with abortion foes from the start
McConnell delivers speech (YouTube image) —– Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who as Jefferson County judge-executive blocked some proposed restrictions on abortion soon after the Roe v. Wade decision, said in a...
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Behavioral-health hotline for suicide prevention, mental health and substance-use crises will go live on Saturday, July 16; call 988
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Starting Saturday, July 16, the new behavioral-health crisis hotline number will be 988, much like 911 for medical crises and other emergencies. “It’s substance...
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Judge gives sides in abortion lawsuit until July 18 to file pleadings; until then, at least, legal abortion can continue in Kentucky
Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry heard arguments. (Courier-Journal photo by Scott Utterback) —– Kentucky Health News Abortion can legally continue in Kentucky until at least July 18, the deadline a...
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BA.5, latest Omicron subvariant, is now dominant in U.S. and is expected to cause a new surge of infections if it hasn’t already
gavi.org graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases continue to tick up in Kentucky, a new Omicron subvariant, reported to be the most transmissible yet, is...
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Commission that will allocate money from state’s settlement with opioid companies will hold its first meeting Tuesday
Katie Marks, Ph.D. —– The first meeting of the commission that will allocate half the money from the state’s settlement with opioid companies will be held at 1 p.m. ET...
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Only 2.5% of Kentucky’s 6,561 National Guard soldiers have refused vaccination for Covid-19; federal deadline was June 30
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As of July 6, only 2.5% of Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers have refused a Covid-19 vaccine, thus missing the June 30 federal deadline to get...
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Study to find best ways to prevent opioid overdoses has started testing and interventions in second and last group of 8 counties
Kentucky Health News map shows counties in study; click it to enlarge. —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky The $87 million study to find the best ways to battle...
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FDA goes along with court order allowing Juul e-cigarettes to stay on the market while it conducts ‘additional review’ of products
Photo from The Hill —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Food and Drug Administration has decided to stop, temporarily, its fight to ban Juul Labs‘ electronic cigarettes, saying there are “scientific...