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Illinois abortion provider says it will bring mobile clinic close to Kentucky
Planned Parenthood plans to start a mobile abortion clinic in Illinois that will travel close to the borders of Kentucky and other adjoining states that have banned abortions, The Associated Press reports. “The...
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Traditional Medicare can’t cut nursing-home stays short, but Medicare Advantage plans can, and they are doing just that
“Health care providers, nursing-home representatives, and advocates for residents say Medicare Advantage plans are increasingly ending members’ coverage for nursing home and rehabilitation services before patients are healthy enough to...
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Novaks give $15 million to Norton Children’s Hospital to create diabetes institute, 1/4 of $60 million plan
Norton Children’s Hospital and the Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation announced Oct. 5 the creation of the Wendy Novak Diabetes Institute. The foundation has given the hospital $15 million as the...
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Kentucky gets $3.6 million federal grant for youth suicide prevention, targets five rural counties in first round of funding
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will receive a five-year, $3,675,000 grant to help reduce suicide among Kentuckians under age 25. Kentucky is one of 10 recipients of Garrett...
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Report shows major workforce shortages in Kentucky hospitals, which they describe as ‘the most critical shortage in recent history’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Results from Kentucky’s annual hospital workforce survey show critical labor shortages at hospitals across the state, with the highest vacancy rate among registered nurses...
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Two Kentucky hospitals, in Lexington and Prestonsburg, each lose $2.4 million in very different lawsuits over ‘patient dumping’
Two Kentucky hospitals have recently lost lawsuits that charged them with “patient dumping,” generally defined as discharging patients who are uninsured or unable to pay – or refusing to admit...
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Abortion-rights supporters report raising more funds than backers of anti-abortion ballot measure; Lexington mayor opposes it; Beshear reflects poll
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Abortion is on Kentucky’s ballot. The state’s portal for requesting an absentee ballot opened Saturday, Sept. 24, and the ballot will have this question:...
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More than 50,000 in Medicare prescription program had a drug overdose last year; up 15%, about same as overall increase in Ky.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At least 50,391 Americans in Medicare Part D, which pays for prescription drugs, had an overdose from prescription opioids, illicit opioids, or both during 2021,...
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Beshears get new Covid-19 booster shots designed to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus
The governor gets a shot as the first lady watches. (State photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy Beshear, got the newly updated bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine Wednesday...
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Key Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky drop for second week in row, but N.Y. Times ranks state first for new cases in last seven days
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows coronavirus hot spots. Kentucky ranks first; West Virginia is a close second. For a larger version, click on it; to...