Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Kentucky is No. 4 in smoking, down from No. 2, but at 17.4% of adults, experts say the state’s smoking rate is still way too high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has one of the nation’s highest adult smoking rates, but has fallen to fourth among the states, after many years of either...
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UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Ky. leads U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is largely preventable by a vaccine....
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Lottery system will determine who gets 48 licenses for retailers and 10 for processors of medical cannabis in 11 Kentucky regions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear gave an update on the medical cannabis licensing program Thursday, after signing this year’s medical cannabis bill into law the day...
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Top senators, one of whom lost both parents to smoking, say no advocates spoke to them about increasing anti-tobacco spending
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s top two state senators said Tuesday that none of the advocates for more funding of tobacco prevention spoke to them about it during...
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‘Momnibus’ bill to improve maternal health passes on final day, after being attached to another bill to avoid floor fight on abortion
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News On the last day of the 2024 legislative session, a bipartisan bill aimed at improving Kentucky’s dismal maternal-mortality rate was finally...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smoking
UPDATE, April 16: Senate President Robert Stivers and Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer told Kentucky Health News that no one spoke to them about more money for tobacco prevention, and...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smoking
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern In a year when the American Cancer Society asked the Kentucky legislature to increase spending on tobacco prevention, lawmakers cut it and passed an anti-vaping...
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Bills to become law on vaping, pharmacy reform, vaccinations, drugs, at-home blood testing, coverage of cancer screening, more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In its 2024 session the Kentucky General Assembly has passed dozens of health-related bills that address a range of topics. With one day left...
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Several Ky. water systems exceed new federal limits for ‘forever chemicals’; all systems must test for 3 years, correct if needed
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Several Kentucky water systems, mostly on and near the Ohio River, will have to fund ways to reduce certain cancer-causing substaces for which the...
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Guthrie warns making telehealth expansion permanent must be paid for; costs uncertain, but projected to be several billion dollars
If telehealth services are to remain expanded as they were in the pandemic, Congress must offset the cost, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green said in opening a House...