Tag: newspapers
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Newspapers big and small tackle Kentucky’s opioid epidemic
The opioid epidemic, and the growing concern about stronger and more lethal painkillers, is getting plenty of coverage by major news outlets in Kentucky, one of the states most troubled...
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Former director of UK medical foundation says it’s ‘gone beyond its scope’ but UK officials say it’s helped them do much good
A foundation that the University of Kentucky created to supplement pay for physicians has “gone beyond its scope,” its former director told the Lexington Herald-Leader for a long story examining...
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If legislature won’t help protect Kentuckians from the health threat of tobacco, local governments should, Herald-Leader says
Since the Kentucky General Assembly “adjourned without tackling the addiction that kills the most Kentuckians, tobacco,” local communities need to take up the challenge, the Lexington Herald-Leader said in an...
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Series on suicide as a public-health issue in Ohio is one of five finalists for national journalism ethics award
A newspaper series on suicide as a public issue in Ohio is among the five finalists for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, which is given for aggressive reporting...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...
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Clinton County Healthy Hometown Coalition publishes testimonials from local residents who turned their health around
Part of the reason for news coverage of health topics is to help readers, listeners and viewers live healthier lives. That usually requires a change in their behavior, which doesn’t...
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Paducah Sun and New York Times cross editorial swords over Gov. Bevin’s plan to abolish Kynect health-insurance exchange
Gov. Matt Bevin’s decision to close down the Kynect health-insurance exchange drew editorial criticism from The New York Times but an endorsement from The Paducah Sun. “His shortsighted and pointless...
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Health Journalism Workshop offers a host of health-care story ideas from officials, health-care providers, journalists
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky journalists were challenged by policy makers, health experts and health journalists to write about Kentucky’s health issues and were presented with many story...
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Opioid overdose deaths remain a huge concern in poverty-stricken Eastern Kentucky counties; Boston Globe takes note
Drug overdoses from opioid use remain a concern in Eastern Kentucky, especially in poverty-stricken regions where coal mines have shuttered, Brian MacQaurrie reports for The Boston Globe. In 2014 Kentucky...