Category: YOUR HEALTH
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East Kentucky Diabetes symposium to be held in Hazard Nov. 3
The inaugural East Kentucky Diabetes Symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 3 in Hazard. In Kentucky’s Appalachian counties, 16% of adults have diabetes, and the five area development districts with the...
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Election prompts a look at Beshear’s pandemic restrictions, and Cameron’s challenges to them; Kentucky fared better than feared
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern On March 6, 2020, a Kentuckian tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, and Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency. The...
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Breast-cancer patient unites community with the ‘power of pink,’ especially in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Every October, the city of Versailles is adorned in pink. Light poles downtown don bright pink banners — each with the photo of someone...
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Proponents of freestanding birthing centers say they have a better bill, but hospital association keeps lobbying against it
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Two Kentucky legislators who have championed freestanding birth centers said Monday that they have agreed to concessions in their latest proposal, but the head of...
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Medicare open enrollment runs through Dec. 7; your advantage isn’t always with Advantage; use caution when choosing a plan
By Julie Appleby KFF Health News Consumers know it’s fall when stores start offering Halloween candy and flu shots — and airwaves and mailboxes are filled with advertisements for Medicare...
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State Sen. Stephen Meredith calls for a new health-care delivery system in Kentucky, with Medicaid block grants to local governments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s time to invent a new health care delivery system in Kentucky, and it should be driven by health-care providers, state Sen. Stephen Meredith...
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State launches new one-stop website, CoverYourCough.ky.gov, with information on Covid-19, flu and RSV, updated weekly
The state Department for Public Health has launched a new one-stop website for information on Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus. “As we continue into the fall and winter cold and flu...
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Rogers, citing treatment-bed increase, says E. Ky. is becoming U.S. drug-recovery capital; state has launched anti-stigma effort
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky, especially its Appalachian counties, continues to be a hotbed of the opioid epidemic. But it is also a leader in fighting it, and...
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Kentucky Children’s Hospital branch to open Monday in former home of Shriners Hospital on Richmond Road in Lexington
Kentucky Children’s Hospital, part of the University of Kentucky, will open a facility with four pediatric specialty clinics Monday, Oct. 16 in Lexington. A university press release said the four...
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Postsecondary education council honors Stivers for legislation
State Senate President Robert Stivers received the Innovative Healthcare Leader Award from the state Council on Postsecondary Education at its Workforce Collaboratory awards luncheon in Lexington Tuesday. “The award celebrates Stivers’...