Category: YOUR HEALTH
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State doctors’ group calls for more gun control, repeal of Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ law; passes resolutions on many topics
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Medical Association called mass shooting and gun violence “a public-health crisis” and called for more gun control in one of nine resolutions on...
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The pandemic is over; now Covid-19 is endemic but is still a leading cause of death. When we will stop treating it differently?
As new coronavirus variants make the headlines and Covid-19 hospitalizations are are on the rise, experts told Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Washington Post that this is the new normal in a...
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Federal government relaunches free, at-home Covid-19 tests, to be available Monday, Sept. 25, for up to 4 tests per household
Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million to make new at-home tests for Covid-19 and relaunch the program that allows Americans to order...
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WellCare of Kentucky, a manager of Medicaid, honors nine Kentucky health heroes with Community Health Champion awards
Kentucky Health News WellCare of Kentucky, one of the companies that manages Medicaid coverage for the state, honored nine people as “community health champions” for their efforts to improve the physical...
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Now is the time to get vaccinated or re-vaccinated for Covid-19, as the weather cools and people spend more time indoors
By Vince Venditto University of Kentucky As the weather gets colder and gatherings move indoors, vaccines remain the safest and most effective way to protect ourselves from Covid-19. On Sept....
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90% of for-profit nursing homes would need more staff to meet proposed rules; 60% of others would, KFF Health News estimates
Kentucky Health News For-profit nursing homes would have to hire more staff to meet proposed federal rules than other nursing homes would, according to an analysis by KFF Health News,...
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Changing positions, Cameron says he would sign legislation to add rape and incest exceptions to Ky.’s near-total ban on abortion
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron said Monday that he would sign legislation allowing exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape and incest...
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At opioid panel’s final hearing, Ben Chandler leads endorsers of funding research into psychedelic drug as treatment for addiction
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twenty-three people spoke in favor of funding the development of an opioid-use disorder treatment using the psychedelic drug ibogaine with some of the state’s...
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Annual health-policy forum Oct. 11 in Lexington will focus on health-care workforce shortage; discount hotel rate expires Mon.
A strong and robust health-care workforce is fundamental to ensuring access to high-quality care, but many areas of Kentucky have a shortage of this vital resource. Kentucky’s health-care workforce shortage...
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One case among thousands, highlighted at UK event, helps illustrate why Kentucky needed a comprehensive cancer center
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Anna Cox had just graduated from the University of Kentucky when she was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2018. She first sought emergency care for...