Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Former state health commissioner Stephanie Mayfield Gibson is the new board chair of the Trust for America’s Health
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, who was state health commissioner in 2012-15, is the new board chair of the Trust for America’s Health, which defines itself as “a non-profit, non-partisan organization...
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Bill to address postpartum depression and other maternal mental-health problems has passed and awaits the governor’s action
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure greater access to information and resources for mental-health care before and after the birth of a child passed without dissent...
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Long Covid update: There’s still reason to avoid Covid-19, even if you’ve had it already; it’s ‘annoyingly stubborn,’ expert says
By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist Covid-19 is not the common cold. Here’s an effort to keep you up to date on long-Covid developments. What we knew: Long Covid after...
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How health-care providers can help prevent overdoses: 4 steps, plus culture change to make intervention routine, lessen stigma
By Drs. Scott E. Hadland and Evan Wood; and Eri D. Solomon Opinion article published in JAMA Internal Medicine North America is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic now driven by illicitly...
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Legislature passes bill to keep Kentuckians’ disabilities from being sole cause of discrimination in allocating organs for transplant
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ensure that Kentuckians with disabilities are not discriminated against when being considered for an organ transplant has passed both houses of...
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Bill to require insurers to cover biomarker testing goes to Beshear
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require private and public insurance plans in Kentucky to cover biomarker testing for cancer and screenings for genetic-based reactions to drugs...
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New coronavirus cases dropped in Ky. last week but Covid-19 deaths increased; N.Y. Times ranks new-case rate 2nd in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported a 46 percent drop in new coronavirus cases last week, but its rate of new infections remained among the highest in the...
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Study for hospital association says 38% of Ky. hospitals at risk of closure due to losses; bill would have Medicaid pay for outpatients
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Citing “inflation, record-high operating costs, and lower volumes,” a new report prepared for the Kentucky Hospital Association says 38% of Kentucky’s hospitals are at risk...
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House sends Senate a bill to regulate Delta-8 THC as Senate prepares to give medical-marijuana bill its first hearing and vote
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern After a court decision last year legalized an intoxicating compound derived from hemp, a bill to regulate Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol sped through the state House on...
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Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes, at long last
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has finally passed and is on its way...