Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Flu cases in Kentucky have ticked up a bit in the last few weeks, and it’s not too late to get a flu shot; season can go through May
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following nine weeks of decline, influenza cases in Kentucky ticked back up. The state Department for Public Health reports that...
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Bill to reform public-assistance programs, including Medicaid, is approved by a committee and the House in the same day
House Speaker David Osborne and Speaker Pro Tem David Meade presented House Bill 7 in committee. (LRC photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Legislation aimed at tightening Kentucky’s rules for...
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Ky. is mostly green on CDC map but partly in big cluster where masks still advised; Fauci says mutated virus may cause uptick
CDC map; click on it to enlarge. The state’s version of the map will be posted Friday. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are...
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UK begins world’s first clinical trial to slow a form of dementia recently discovered by a team co-chaired by a UK faculty member
Drs. Pete Nelson and Gregory Jicha discuss their research. (University of Kentucky photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Hilary Smith University of Kentucky The motivation driving the work of Pete...
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Beshear vetoes resolution that would end state of emergency and apparently reduce $243 monthly SNAP food benefit by $100
Beshear signing veto (Still image from Facebook video) —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed legislation that would end the state’s Covid-19 state...
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Beshear says bill to end state of emergency would cut food benefits, and Covid-19 mitigation funds are needed in budget
Senate President Robert Stivers signs resolution, sending it to the governor, as Douglas watches. (Photo: Douglas’s Twitter) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Much of what could have been Gov....
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As most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to fall, Beshear ‘pauses’ weekly pandemic press conferences for second time
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With almost every metric to...
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House passes bill to allow APRNs to prescribe controlled substances after a four-year collaborative agreement with doctor
American Association of Nurse Practitioners map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced practice registered nurses to...
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Vaccine bills elevating individual rights are moving in legislature
Rep. Savannah Maddox (LRC photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Bills are moving in both chambers of the General Assembly to loosen immunization rules in Kentucky. One would...
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Medical marijuana appears to have more traction than ever in Ky.
Rep. Jason Nemes (Courier-Journal photo by Joe Sonka) —– Kentucky looks closer than ever to joining the 37 states that allow prescriptions for marijuana, or cannabis. Thursday evening a state House committee approved...