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Senate passes its version of state budget with many health items; $100 million would ‘support a response to the nursing shortage’
Photo from American Nurses Association —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Senate passed its version of a two-year state budget by a 30-6 vote Wednesday, the same...
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Bill moving in legislature would ban abortions after 15 weeks
Max Wise (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Abortions in Kentucky would be illegal after the 15th week of pregnancy, if the legislature passes a bill that cleared its...
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Fentanyl-driven addiction crisis requires more investment in prevention and treatment, says president of treatment company
OPINION By Tim Robinson Every day in the United States, more than 270 people die from drug overdoses. That’s one person roughly every five minutes. Behind these staggering statistics are...
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House hopes third bill is the charm as it sends the Senate compromise legislation to address ambulance delays
Rep. Ken Fleming, R-Louisville —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The House has passed and sent the Senate a bill aimed at improving ambulances’ response times, for both emergent...
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Rural vaccination rates lag in Ky. and rest of U.S., but difference in rural and urban rates in Ky. isn’t as big as national gap
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is less popular in Kentucky, and in rural America, than in the rest of the country. But rural Kentuckians do...
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Compromise bill to address hospitals’ issues with ambulance services passes first hurdle; aimed at delays in transfers
Rep. Ken Fleming, R-Louisville —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With input from 13 stakeholders, a compromise version of a bill to improve ambulance responses to both emergent and...
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McConnell, long a vaccine advocate, objects to Biden’s mandate for health-care workers, saying it threatens Ky. rural hospitals
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been perhaps the most outspoken Republican leader in favor of vaccination against the coronavirus, but Thursday he objected to President Biden’s vaccination mandate for...
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Drug companies’ settlement with states and local governments will bring Kentucky $483 million over the next 18 years
Atty. Gen. Daniel Cameron —– The state has finalized a $483 million settlement with four drug companies over their roles in the opioid epidemic, and payments should start in the...
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House passes bill to add incentives and expand Rural Hospital Loan Program to include closed hospitals that reopen
Graphic from Gov. Andy Beshear’s December press conference —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to update the Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program to add incentives and include...
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Health advocates say state government needs to do a lot more about tobacco, including letting local governments regulate sales
Map by Bridging Research Efforts & Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments, University of Kentucky —– As the state legislature ponders allowing local governments to again regulate tobacco sales, the Lexington Herald-Leader has produced a...