Category: OPINION
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Op-ed: Addiction recovery amid the covid-19 outbreak
By Tim Robinson Tim Robinson is CEO of Addiction Recovery Care and a founding member of RECON KY, a consortium for recovery in Kentucky. When grave new challenges emerge, it would be nice...
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Pastor and former religion reporter writes: ‘Use the brain the good Lord gave you. God is real and so are pandemics.’
Paul Prather —– This column is republished with the permission of the author and the Lexington Herald-Leader, where it originally appeared. An ordained minister for more than 30 years, Paul Prather is...
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Living with covid-19: Here’s the story of one New York couple still with it, perhaps ‘visitors from the future’
What’s it like to have a bad case of covid-19, or to care for someone with it? Pretty horrible, Jessica Lustig writes for The New York Times Magazine, where she is a deputy...
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Editorial: suicides a growing health threat in Hardin County, but many are reticent to seek help
Suicide is an increasing phenomenon in Hardin County, and such deaths are more than statistics, writes the editorial board of The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown: “Our neighbors are hurting. Mental illness, depression, substance abuse, desperation,...
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Is our political system properly serving our public-health system?
The president and vice president watched Dr. Anthony Fauci Feb. 29. (Photo: Andrew Harnik, Associated Press) —– By F. Douglas Scutchfield and Al Cross The new viral disease, Covid-19, began in...
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New federal policy means fewer life-saving liver transplants in Ky., say top medical officials at major universities, who are fighting it
University of Michigan illustration —– By Mark Newman, Tom Miller and Kelly McMasters A rushed proposal that became federal policy across the country this month will increase the cost and...
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Editorial in Frankfort’s newspaper says drug addiction should be treated as a health issue, not a crime
The State Journal With rising inmate populations and crumbling prison infrastructure depleting the state of much-needed funding, it is time to stop treating drug addiction as a crime and start...
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Ads touting McConnell’s record on surprise billing, Medicare for All could be a surprise of their own, since they confuse the issues
Analysis by Al Cross Kentucky Health News A conservative group has started television and radio commercials in Kentucky and other states thanking Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others in...
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Pharmacies could help get more teens vaccinated for a virus that causes sex-related cancers, in which Kentucky leads the nation
Alabama Department of Public Health —– There’s a vaccine for a virus that causes sex-related cancer, but rural teens are less likely to get it or know about it. Rural pharmacies could...
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Is Bevin ‘trying to rip health care away from our families’? Is it true Beshear ‘sold out Kentucky’ in an opioid lawsuit? Here are facts.
Northern Kentucky debate (Photo by Albert Cesare, Cincinnati Enquirer) —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsHealth-related issues figure prominently in some of the final messages that the candidates for governor are delivering...