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Beshear declares emergency to help get more students into nursing schools to relieve state’s ‘dire’ shortage of nurses
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared an emergency Thursday, allowing the state to take special...
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UofL Health to retire loan used to buy Jewish Hospital and other facilities of defunct KentuckyOne Health in four years, not 15
Jewish Hospital has kept its name but is now clearly a subsidiary to the UofL Health brand. (UofL photo) —– The University of Louisville‘s hospital operations are doing so well that UofL Health had adopted an...
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Legislature will again be asked to let local governments pass tobacco-regulation ordinances, aimed at preventing youth use
Sen. Paul Hornback —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers can expect another bill to be filed in January to give local governments the ability to regulate tobacco...
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Pineville Community Health Center gets the first loan from a new program to help Kentucky’s struggling rural hospitals
Pineville Community Health Center (Photo from Pineville Sun-Cumberland Courier) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pineville Community Health Center Inc. is the first health facility in Kentucky to be approved...
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare buys Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, to be renamed Paintsville ARH Hospital
Mountaintop Media photo —– Appalachian Regional Healthcare has finalized its purchase of the Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville and its associated clinic operations in Johnson and Magoffin counties,...
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Anchorman Sam Dick retires at Lexington’s WKYT-TV; he went public with his prostate cancer, surely saving the lives of others
Sam Dick goes public with his cancer. (WKYT-TV image Tuesday, from broadcast several years ago) —– Sam Dick, a familiar face to millions of Kentuckians over a record 34 years as...
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Kentucky is one of seven states to get grants from Bloomberg to fight the record-setting epidemic of opioid overdoses
Michael R. Bloomberg —– Kentucky is among seven states that will get millions of dollars from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fight the opioid-overdose epidemic. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the $10 million grant to...
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Fewer than 8% of overdose survivors are given or prescribed drugs that can block overdose and help them fight addiction
Buprenorphine is given with naloxone to stop overdose, and alone as drug treatment. —– As deaths from opioid overdoses continue to set records in Kentucky and the nation, a new study has...
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Estill County paramedic and EMS trainer is recognized as ‘Community Star’ on National Rural Health Day
Shelia Wise (LinkedIn photo) —– Shelia Wise, a paramedic and training major at Estill County EMS in Irvine, has been recognized today by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health ...
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At memorial service for 10,000-plus Covid-19 victims, Beshear announces artist and reveals design of permanent memorial
Artist’s daytime conception of memorial designed by Amanda Matthews (copyright holder of images) —– Artist’s conception of memorial at dusk At a memorial service for the 10,000-plus Kentuckians whose deaths...