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Cutting barriers to tobacco-quitting treatment helped, but not enough; Ky. has wide differences among regions, and not enough money
Photo: healthyplace.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since Kentucky passed a law in 2017 that reduced barriers to tobacco treatment and counseling, Kentucky Medicaid providers have diagnosed more...
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UK study to test effectiveness of kiosk with harm-reduction goods as way to increase access and fight the stigma felt by drug users
An example of a harm reduction vending machine in Cincinnati (Photo from Kiosk Marketplace) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News To fight feelings of stigma that discourage intravenous drug...
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Ky. has 82 syringe exchange programs in 63 counties, the most of any state, but state drug-control official says ‘That’s not enough’
Stars show syringe-exchange sites; colors show district departments; white counties are independent. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has more syringe service programs than any other state,...
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CDC says 108 counties have elevated Covid-19 risk; Ky.’s new-case rate ranks 2nd; Beshear urges use of new booster vaccine
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remains on a rough plateau, but it’s a high plateau. Seventy of...
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Young mother who had a rare Stage 4 cancer is now in remission
Anne Sydney Parrish and family (Photo by Amani Nichae) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky With around-the-clock feedings, diaper changes and sleepless nights, the weeks after bringing home a new...
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Kentucky will get at least $14 million from states’ $438.5 million agreement with Juul after probe of the causes of teen vaping
Image from Juul.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs will pay $438.5 million to 33 states and Puerto Rico to settle a two-year investigation into the...
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Dr. Monalisa Tailor, an internal-medicine physician in Louisville, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association
Dr. Monalisa Tailor Norton Healthcare photo —– Dr. Monalisa Tailor, a Louisville internal-medicine physician, is the new president of the Kentucky Medical Association. She is both the youngest and first female...
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FDA has authority to crack down on illicit vapes, but isn’t doing it, Stat reveals; study finds increased e-cig use among lesbian girls
Food and Drug Administration photo —– Even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered hundreds of flavored, nicotine-heavy vaping products off of the market, “a Stat investigation found that vape companies are...
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Fauci is leaving, but Comer and Paul say they’re coming after him
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul at July 2021 hearing —– Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he will retire from the federal government at year’s end prompted two members...
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Lexington nurse accused of killing patient worked at 2 hospitals
Eyvette Hunter (Fayette County Detention Center photo) —– A Lexington nurse who was indicted Monday on charges of murdering a patient at Baptist Health Lexington had worked at the University of Kentucky‘s main hospital...