CDC map shows Union, Henderson, Bourbon and Nicholas counties with a medium level of Covid-19. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News ...
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OPINION: Insurers say killing bill hospitals, pharmacists backed against pharmacy benefit managers saved Kentuckians moneyHealthy Care
By Tom Stephens Executive Director, Kentucky Association of Health Care Plans Pocketbook issues were front and center in this most recent ...
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USA Today reports on its analysis of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes last winter, with a focus on Trilogy Health ServicesHealthy Care
Some Trilogy Health Services residents who died of Covid-19 (Photos contributed to USA Today) USA Today recently published its fi...
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Coronavirus positive-test rate in Ky. rose from 3.12% to 4.35% last week, even as cases and Covid-19 hospital numbers droppedHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News map with Dept. for Public Health data on GISGeography base map By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Th...
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First phase of $87 million HEALing Communities Study to address opioid epidemic has touched thousands of KentuckiansHealthy Care
UK's Sharon Walsh, Carrie Oser and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, along with the Clark County Health Department's Jennifer Gulley (...
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Latest CDC map shows all of Kentucky has low level of Covid-19Healthy Care
CDC map shows all of Kentucky in green, for low levels of Covid-19 transmission. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every ...
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Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention virtual event is Tuesday, April 26; it's free, but registration is requiredHealthy Care
The fourth Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention event will take place Tuesday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. The virtua...
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Tick season nears. 10% of ticks carry debilitating diseases; quick action can prevent them. And UK wants you to send in your ticks!Healthy Care
Lucie Conchou works in UK entomologist Zainulabeuddin Syed’s lab. (Photo by Matt Barton) Kentucky Health News Ticks are a thre...
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One stable at Keeneland focuses on addiction recovery while offering instruction on the basics of horsemanshipHealthy Care
Will Walden and Tyler Maxwell of Ready Made Racing at Keeneland on April 2. ( Photo by Silas Walker, Lexington Herald-Leader) Ja...
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Albert B. Chandler Hospital at UK opened 60 years ago todayHealthy Care
The latest Chandler Hospital is on Limestone Street. By Kristi Willett University of Kentucky Sixty years ago today, the Albert...
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Beshear says he is looking at ways to bring medical marijuana to Ky. by executive action, while seeking public's opinion on topicHealthy Care
Business Insider map provided by governor's office By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical ...
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Judge blocks state's new anti-abortion law, pending studyHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News A federal judge has blocked Kentucky's broad, new anti-abortion law , saying it has so many restrictions that she...
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Free academy at Pikeville June 12-25 will introduce rising high-school seniors and juniors in Appalachian Kentucky to nursingHealthy Care
The regional development group Shaping our Appalachian Region and the state Department for Public Health ’s Office of Health Equity are ho...
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Kentucky gets $4.19 million to expand AmeriCorps work in public health, with the hope it will funnel more people into such workHealthy Care
Kentucky has received nearly $4.2 million to expand the public-health role of the AmeriCorps program in the state. The grant comes from ...
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Kentucky highway fatalities rose again in 2021, by 3%; once more, most of those killed were not wearing their seat beltHealthy Care
Deaths from highway accidents in Kentucky rose 3.3 percent last year, according to the State Police and the Transportation Cabinet . But so...
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Coronavirus cases and positive-test rate in Kentucky are rising, but deaths and hospital numbers are declining more Healthy Care
Kentucky Health News chart from state data By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Daily cases and the share of Kentuckians testi...
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Cancer plagues Appalachia, so a UK program brings high-school and college students from the region into the study of itHealthy Care
The nation's highest cancer rates are in Appalachia, especially in Appalachian Kentucky. But the state is also home to an effort to get ...
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Foes of new abortion law called 'one of the most restrictive in the nation' are awaiting federal court rulings in lawsuits challenging itHealthy Care
Rep. Randy Bridges, R-Paducah, gives a thumbs down to abortion advocates who chanted "Bans off our bodies" at the state Capi...
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