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Pushback makes Trump back off electronic-cigarette flavor ban
(Photo: Dylan Hollingsworth, Bloomberg News) —– President Trump has decided not to go through with the ban on electronic-cigarette flavors that he announced more than two months ago, report Josh Dawsey and Laurie...
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‘Stop using this criminal-justice hammer to address a public-health nightmare,’ state justice and public safety secretary says of drugs
Justice Secretary John Tilley at workshop —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ASHLAND, Ky. – At a day-long workshop for journalists on covering substance abuse and recovery, state Justice...
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Federal ban on e-cig flavors appears to have stalled; new study shows e-cigs may be just as harmful to the heart as cigarettes
President Trump and his top health officials said in September that they were planning to place a ban on flavored electronic cigarettes, but the policy appears to have stalled. Mitch Zeller, director...
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Celebrate National Rural Health Day with a week of events starting Monday
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is planning a week of events to observe National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21. Nov. 18 From 9:30 a.m. ET to 12:30 p.m., the National Institutes of Health will hold a...
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Gov.-elect Andy Beshear says he’ll immediately rescind Gov. Matt Bevin’s Medicaid plan; Republicans are wary of legislating it
(Reuters photo by Harrison McClary) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Governor-elect Andy Beshear says he will rescind Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s Medicaid plan, which includes, among other things,...
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50 Kentucky hospitals get semi-annual ratings on how well they protect patients from infections, injuries and other safety issues
One tab rating The Medical Center at Bowling Green, which got a C overall, breaks down how it did on infections. (For a larger version of the chart, click on the image.)...
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Community forum in Louisville addresses teen use of e-cigs
Claire Ramsey of Henry County led the discussion at Manual. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky students led a community forum about the epidemic of electronic cigarette use...
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Kentucky doctors and hospitals are changing the culture of opioid prescribing, acknowledging their role in spurring the epidemic
Dr. Philip Overall in the emergency room at St. Claire Hospital in Morehead, which has cut the unit’s opioid-prescription rates by half. (Photo by John Flavell for the Lexington Herald-Leader) —–...
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Kentucky schools can tap federal money to provide more school-based health services for students enrolled in Medicaid
Kentucky school districts can now use federal Medicaid funding to expand school-based health services, the state announced Friday. “The Medicaid state plan amendment will allow school districts to use federal...
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Medicaid program that pays employer-sponsored insurance premiums for employees has a new application process
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A program that will pay the premiums of working Medicaid members who have access to insurance through their employers has a “new and improved”...