Category: YOUR HEALTH
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State’s high maternal-death rate gets study; pregnancy-related deaths mostly from violence, substance use, anxiety, depression
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky A team of health-care providers and researchers at the University of Kentucky is working with community and government leaders across the state to address...
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Raising Ky.’s health status has ‘a ways to go,’ hospital chief says; Chandler says people need to demand change in health policies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A discussion on health care at the April 4 Lexington Forum led to information about the many challenges Kentucky faces when it comes to...
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Legislature, Beshear pass law to protect independent pharmacies in Kentucky from commercial pharmacy benefit managers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address an unfair playing field between commercial pharmacy-benefit managers and independent pharmacists has been signed into law and will take effect...
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Respiratory-virus activity ticks up a bit, but hospital admissions fall; flu remains driver for respiratory admissions, ER visits in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health says respiratory virus activity ticked up a bit in Kentucky in the last week of March, but remained...
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UK researcher wins $3.1 million grant to study proteins that go haywire and lead to dementia; one goal is early treatment of it
By Hilary Smith University of Kentucky A University of Kentucky professor has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to continue her research that she thinks...
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Database lists opioid-settlement payments to local governments
How much money are your local governments getting from the settlements of lawsuits filed against opioid manufacturers and distributors? You can track it using a new online database from KFF...
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Republicans talk about making Obamacare better, not repealing it, so it is ‘becoming a politically untouchable part’ of the safety net
Kentucky Health News “A law once derided as ‘Obamacare’ and demonized as a big-government power grab is becoming a politically untouchable part of the American safety net, like Social Security...
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Sports betting has taken off in Kentucky, but counselors for people with a gambling disorder remain in short supply in the state
Legal sports wagering launched in Kentucky in September. Residents can bet online and at brick-and-mortar venues like horse racetrack facilities, no longer needing to cross state lines. Some experts say...
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Paxlovid is effective against Covid-19, but many people eligible for it are not getting it; it’s free to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries
By Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels University of Kentucky A safe and effective medication designed to prevent mild to moderate Covid-19 infections from becoming more dangerous has been available for almost...
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State House kills bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccine mandates, after it takes a fast, unusual trip through the Senate
Kentucky Health News A bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccines from being required for employment, student enrollment or activities, or medical treatment and licensing, died a quiet death in the state...