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Many rural areas still short of doctors; UK’s health VP says recent federal funding hike for med-school resident slots was inadequate
Photo from The Lane Report —– Just like the rest of the nation, Kentucky needs more doctors, and people and institutions in the state are working on several initiatives to...
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Feds say they are investigating whether state hospitalizes too many Louisville metro-area residents who have mental illness
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating whether adults with severe mental illness in the Louisville metropolitan area are being subjected to excessive institutionalization...
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Dr. Douglas Scutchfield, an international leader in public health and a mentor to many in Kentucky, died Monday night
F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D. —– Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, a public-health leader for the world, the nation and his native Kentucky, died Monday night after being hospitalized for several weeks...
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UK program helps pregnant women overcome opioid-use disorder
Gabi Espinosa and Ashlee Vogelsang at the Polk-Dalton Clinic (University of Kentucky photo by Mark Cornelison) —– By Dani Jaffe University of Kentucky For expectant mothers, the top priority is...
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Judge keeps new abortion law on hold, pending high-court ruling
Key portions of Kentucky’s new abortion law are on hold, at least until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a Mississippi law that would ban abortions after the 15th week...
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Owensboro Health plans education facility for health professions
Google map locates business center where health-professions training facility will be housed. —– Owensboro Health, which operates the largest hospital in Western Kentucky and owns two others in Greenville and Leitchfield, is planning...
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Remote Area Medical and health insurers serve more than 180 people at free clinic in tornado-devastated town of Mayfield
Remote Area Medical workers do a vision exam. (Photo from Kentucky Association of Health Plans) —– More than 180 people received free medical treatment or vision exams and glasses this...
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Viral Hepatitis Conference July 27; Ky.’s rate is double U.S. rate
Kentucky will hold its eighth annual conference on viral hepatitis on July 27, the day after World Hepatitis Day. “Hepatitis in Kentucky: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis Elimination” will...
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DEA declared National Fentanyl Awareness Day; now is ‘the most dangerous time in history to use drugs,’ ARC executive says
dea.gov photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to increase in overdose deaths caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared Tuesday, May 10...
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University of Pikeville says it will build Kentucky’s third dental school with a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor
University of Pikeville website logo —– The University of Pikeville plans to create Kentucky’s third dental school with a $25 million gift from an anonymous donor’s family foundation, the largest in the...