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FDA proposes new requirements for makers of tobacco products aimed at minimizing contamination, protecting public health
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules that are aimed at minimizing contamination of tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, and that would...
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Former deputy secretary in Ky. is Arkansas human services chief
Kristi Putnam, who was deputy secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services during the administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, has been named secretary of the Arkansas...
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Robert Slaton dies of stroke at 81; he was a catalyst for many health projects, including Passport Health Plan and Kentucky Health News
Robert Slaton, a health-care consultant and former Kentucky public-health commissioner who was a catalyst for various health-improvement projects in the state, including Passport Health Plan and Kentucky Health News, died Dec. 27...
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More than 1/3 of Kentuckians are enrolled in Medicaid. How many in your county? How many kids? What are their big health issues?
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most Kentuckians probably don’t know much about Medicaid, but for more than one in three people in the state, it is a lifeline. In...
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Critical access hospitals, which turned 25 in 2022, are vital to providing health care in rural areas; Kentucky has 25
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Critical access hospitals celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2022. The designation was created to ensure the financial viability of the nation’s small, rural hospitals....
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Kentucky again 43rd in America’s Health Rankings, scoring lowest in behavior and health outcomes, high in having a care provider
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After not ranking states for two years due to the pandemic, America’s Health Rankings again placed Kentucky among the 10 unhealthiest states, ranking its healthiness 43rd,...
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E-cigarette maker Juul Labs to pay Ky. $14 million and stop marketing to youth in order to settle lawsuit
Juul Labs, once the leading manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, will pay Kentucky and 33 other states $435 million to settle a lawsuit by their attorneys general alleging deceptive marketing and...
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State’s opioid-settlement money should be used for housing and transportation, other needs, speakers tell commission
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 100 people attended the fifth town hall of the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission to suggest how to spend the state’s $478 million...
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Denise Hall awarded Gil Friedell Health Policy Award for her substance-use prevention efforts with youth in Trimble County
Denise Hall of Trimble County is this year’s winner of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Gil Friedell Health Policy Award for her substance-use prevention efforts among youth. “Drug addiction is...
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Abortion question on Kentucky’s Nov. 8 ballot may be confusing, but it becomes clearer when you look at the possible outcomes
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – What would it mean if Kentucky voters changed the state constitution Nov. 8 to say that nothing in the document shall be...