Category: YOUR HEALTH
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As more lack health insurance and signups lag, Modern Healthcare editor worries what will happen if economy slows
The share of Kentucky children without health insurance rose last year. — “This shouldn’t be happening,” Editor Merrill Goozner writes in a Modern Healthcare editorial titled, “The canary in the...
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U of L withdrawal of some services from Jewish Hospital puts Louisville’s only adult organ transplant center at risk
Jewish Hospital has a prominent place along Interstate 65. (Courier Journal photo by Sam Upshaw) — “The University of Louisville may soon stop providing important medical services at Jewish Hospital...
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UK College of Dentistry fighting oral cancer in Eastern Ky. with help of $1 million grant from United Health Foundation
“The University of Kentucky’s College of Dentistry is launching a project to eradicate oral cancer in Eastern Kentucky,” Dr. Stephanos Kyrkanides, dean of the college, writes in an op-edfor the Lexington Herald-Leader. “It’s an initiative...
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The best defense against the flu is a vaccine, but many don’t get vaccinated because of persistent myths – all debunked here
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials encourage everyone six months and older to get a flu shot every year, because it’s your best defense when it comes to...
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Deadline to sign up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov is Dec. 15, but most who qualify didn’t know that last month
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just two weeks left to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance for 2019, time is running out. The deadline for open enrollment...
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Among the 50 states, Kentucky, which is 26th in population, ranked fourth in the death rate from drug overdoses in 2017
Kentucky had the fourth highest rate of drug overdoses among the states in 2017, fifth when the District of Columbia is added to the list, according to a new report from the...
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‘It’s not about losing coverage, it’s about having fewer members enrolled in Medicaid,’ state health secretary says of new plan
Health Secretary Adam Meier and Deputy Health Secretary Kristi Putnam speaking about the state’s new Medicaid plan, Kentucky HEALTH — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The administration of Gov....
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3 more hepatitis cases reported among Lexington food workers
Lexington Herald-Leader graphic — Three more restaurant workers in the Lexington area have been found to have hepatitis A, but the state still has no food-borne cases of the disease...
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Romaine lettuce is OK to eat unless it was grown in the Central Coast region of California, federal agencies say
After urging Americans not to eat any romaine lettuce, two federal agencies have limited their warning to lettuce grown in the Central Coast region of California. The Centers for Disease...
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Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise, even as funding to prevent and treat them is declining
Health officials are worried about this strain of gonorrhea that resists antibiotics. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo) — “Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease,...