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Bowling Green hospital no longer releases information about births, in an effort to keep infants safe from possible abduction
The Medical Center at Bowling Green no longer releases information about births to the news media or through social media, following recommendations from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. “This is...
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Pikeville Medical Center, citing bad decisions by prior management, continues to reduce staff, this time by laying off 100
Pikeville Medical Center, Eastern Kentucky’s largest hospital, is cutting its workforce to correct what CEO Donovan Blackburn called “poor business decisions” by his predecessor, Walter May. “The news comes a...
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Foundation for a Healthy Ky. will help state keep people covered as Medicaid changes; summit discusses new work requirements
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is partnering with the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to help low-income Kentuckians keep their...
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In close vote, Louisville sets content rules for children’s menus, citing child obesity; critics say law invades parental responsibility
A food-service business in Louisville will be allowed to offer a children’s menu only if it includes certain types of healthy items, under an ordinance passed by 13 Democrats on...
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Operation UNITE uses comprehensive approach to keep Appalachian kids off drugs; experts say it could be replicated
Preventing kids from falling into addiction is a major goal for Operation UNITE, a nonprofit serving 32 counties in Eastern Kentucky — a region where the average age for first drug...
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Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it’s the cause of so many of Kentucky’s health problems
As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won’t even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says it may become more active...
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Kentucky’s last abortion clinic says Bevin is trying to shut it down, gets restraining order
Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky’s only remaining abortion clinic.”The order issued Friday by...