Tag: rural health
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Registration is open for the 10th Annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch
Registration is open for the 10th Annual Appalachian Research Day: Come Sit on the Porch. The event is an opportunity to learn about health research conducted with communities in Appalachia. It will...
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Hopkinsville’s Jennie Stuart Medical Center-Deaconess Health lawsuit settled
Kentucky Health News “A new settlement agreement between Jennie Stuart Medical Center’s governing board and the group Save Jennie Stuart has cleared the hospital board to approve Jennie Stuart’s acquisition...
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EKU and Anthem announce continuation of Anthem Rural Medicine Scholarship
Kentucky Health News Eastern Kentucky University and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Kentucky announced Wednesday, Jan. 29 a continuation of a scholarship aimed at increasing the number of...
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Eastern Kentucky University hopes to add a college of osteopathic medicine; legislation required to do so
Kentucky Health News Eastern Kentucky University is hoping to add a college of osteopathic medicine to help with the state’s growing need for physicians, Lauren Minor reports for Lexington’s WLEX-TV....
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State and national events celebrate National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The first day of the Kentucky Rural Health Association‘s annual conference, titled “Rooted & Reaching,” will be held Nov. 21, which falls on National...
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Kentucky Rural Health Association to hold annual conference Nov. 21-22 in Bowling Green
Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Rural Health Association‘s annual conference will be held Nov. 21-22 at Western Kentucky University‘s Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green. The keynote address will be...
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Legislative panel talks about health care with UK Board of Trustees at annual retreat
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky hosted a legislative panel on Oct. 16 focused on health care to kick off the 2024 Board of Trustees annual...
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New Medicaid boss, mentor Pence and Trump seek changes in program like some Bevin has asked her agency to approve for Ky.
Seema Verma (Getty Images) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The newly confirmed director of the nation’s Medicaid program quickly served notice that she wants states to make changes like those...
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Federal study in Central Appalachia will try to see if living near a surface coal mine is bad for your health
Scientists from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will study Eastern Kentucky, West Virginia and the coal regions of Virginia and Tennessee to determine if living near a...
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House sends Senate bill to limit most potent painkiller prescriptions to three days, target traffickers of fentanyl
The state House has sent to the Senate a bill to put a three-day limit on prescriptions of high-potency painkillers, and increase penalties for the sale of fentanyl, in an...