Health-care workers and public-school educators will serve as grand marshals of Gov. Andy Beshear's inauguration paradeHealthy Care

Kentucky Health News Kentucky health-care workers and public-school educators will serve as grand marshals of Gov. Andy Beshear's ina...

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Uncle Sam wants you ... to help stop health-insurance companies from using misleading tactics to sell Medicare Advantage plansHealthy Care

iStock/Getty Images Plus illustration via KFF Health News By Susan Jaffe KFF Health News After an unprecedented crackdown on mi...

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Humana and Cigna, a larger insurance firm, are talking mergerHealthy Care

Photo by Joe Bulewicz, Bloomberg News Kentucky Health News Louisville-based Humana Inc. is in merger talks with The Cigna Group...

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UK students planning medical careers start student organization to steer rural students into college and health-care opportunitiesHealthy Care

Jackson Miller,  left,  and Ethan Morgan started HealthCare Cats to help other students from rural areas navigate the many health-care...

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Over the holidays, encourage picky eaters to try something newHealthy Care

Photo illustration from PureWow.com By Dr. Rhya Strifling UK HealthCare During the holiday season, there are all kinds of foods ...

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Kentucky Hospital Association says its annual survey shows state continues to have an 'acute shortage' of health care workers Healthy Care

Kentucky Hospital Association graph; to enlarge, click on ot; to download, right-click. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News ...

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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness in Kentucky went up for the sixth week in a row, as hospitalizations saw a slight dipHealthy Care

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As we head into the full swing of the holiday season and people start to gather indoors to celeb...

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Knowing when to choose hospice care is a challenge; that's highlighted by Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter's end-of-life journeyHealthy Care

"The death of former first lady Rosalynn Carter on Sunday, and the survival of her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, have exposed...

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Bardstown woman who needs a kidney transplant testifies in Congress to change transplant policy; bill passesHealthy Care

LaQuayia Goldring of Bardstown prepared to testify before a U.S. Senate committee about the organ transplant process as she continues ...

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You can get four more free at-home tests for Covid-19, and if you didn't get four already, you can get eight of them, starting MondayHealthy Care

Photo illustration by Patrick Sison, The Associated Press By The Associated Press Americans can order more free Covid-19 tests ...

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Lost in the mix of 'unwinding' Medicaid to its normal procedures: The state can cut off your health care over a technical errorHealthy Care

An attorney who helped Beverly Likens says technical faults in the Medicaid eligibility system and state missteps caused a coverage ga...

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UK doctor debunks myths about lung-cancer screening, which can find cancer before it spreads or causes symptoms, and save livesHealthy Care

Photo illustration by dragana991, iStock/Getty Images Plus By Dr. Timothy Mullett University of Kentucky Lung cancer is the lea...

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Legislators expect to address youth vaping, maternal mortality, insurance issues and maybe abortion in upcoming sessionHealthy Care

Rep. Kim Moser, Sen. Stephen Meredith, Rep. Rebecca Raymer and moderator Mark Marsh of Owensboro Health , discuss issues at the Legis...

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Kentucky first state with automatic Medicaid renewal for childrenHealthy Care

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has received federal approval to automatically renew coverage for children in Medicaid...

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Kids Count County Data Book looks at the well-being of state's children, county by county, and has some 'warning signs'Healthy Care

Kentucky Youth Advocates graphic By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The 2023 Kentucky Kids Count County Data Book , which l...

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Ky. kids' vaccination rates rose last school year, but remained below national average and short of 'herd immunity' levelHealthy Care

Graph by Kentucky Department for Public Health from state and CDC data By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More Kentucky children ...

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