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46 rural hospitals in Ky. to share $3.88 million from CARES Act
Forty-six rural hospitals in Kentucky will share almost $3.9 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Center of Excellence...
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Owensboro Health in deal with Leitchfield hospital, which says it sought partner because of rising costs, declining reimbursements
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center is in Leitchfield. —– Owensboro Health, which absorbed Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville five years ago, is preparing to do likewise with Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in Grayson...
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Legislature heads home after passing rural-hospital bill with provision senators say lets Beshear buy all anti-virus gear needed
Rep. Danny Bentley, Sen. Stephen Meredith (Melissa Patrick photo) —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News In its waning hours Wednesday, the General Assembly passed a bill to...
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Two more anti-abortion bills pass in the legislature’s final hours; any vetoes by Beshear can’t be overridden
Kentucky’s only abortion clinic often sees protests. (CNN) —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As it headed home Wednesday night, the Republican-run legislature sent Democratic Gov. Andy...
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State forms task force to deal with covid-19 in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities, lists those where coronavirus found
Treyton Oak Towers is at 211 W. Oak St., Louisville —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsState officials have formed a task force to advise them about how to prevent the...
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Jon Parker, executive director of AVOL Kentucky, which works to end HIV, wins 2020 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public Health Hero award
John Parker (Photo from LFCHD via Twitter) —– Jon Parker, executive director of AVOL Kentucky, which works to end HIV in the state, has been named the 2020 Dr. Rice C. Leach Public...
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Op-ed: Addiction recovery amid the covid-19 outbreak
By Tim Robinson Tim Robinson is CEO of Addiction Recovery Care and a founding member of RECON KY, a consortium for recovery in Kentucky. When grave new challenges emerge, it would be nice...
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Rural Ky. hospitals to get ‘hundreds of millions in damages’ from old lawsuit with the state, with federal government paying the bill
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 50 rural hospitals in Kentucky are set to receive “hundreds of millions in damages” to settle an old lawsuit with the state,...
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Book about opioid epidemic on the Tug Fork also tells story of reporter who overcame obstacles to win Pulitzer Prize
A new book from former Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Eric Eyre takes a deep dive into the opioid epidemic through the lens of Kermit, W.Va., a town of 382 people whose pharmacy distributed 12...
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Bill to tax electronic cigarettes at 15% goes to governor; health advocates say it will decrease young people’s use of the products
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustration; click for larger version —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a tax on electronic cigarettes,...