The legislature meets in the Kentucky State Capitol. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The trade association for pharmacy benefit...
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Vaping and substance use in Kentucky schools has spiked in the last five years, especially in the younger grades; up 147% overallHealthy Care
Kentucky Department of Education graph from Infinite Campus data; the overall increase was 147%. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Hea...
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University of Kentucky will buy St. Claire Hospital in MoreheadHealthy Care
University of Kentucky trustees Friday approved buying St. Claire HealthCare in Morehead. (UK photo) The University of Kentucky B...
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MedCenter Health, chain based at Bowling Green hospital, to expand medical specialty offices at new building in GlasgowHealthy Care
The ceremonial groundbreaking (Photo by Michael Crimmins, Glasgow News 1) Kentucky Health News The small hospital chain based ...
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Biden administration indefinitely postpones ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback from Black voters, othersHealthy Care
Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. For the second time in recent...
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Warmer weather means ticks are active and looking to suck your blood; they can make you sick; here's how to deal with themHealthy Care
Mosquito Squad of Louisville graphic, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge State wildlife officials are remind...
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Community pharmacies can help smokers quit, study findsHealthy Care
Photo illustration from QuitSmokingPharmacies.com Kentucky Health News Community pharmacies may play a key role in helping smoker...
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Vape retailers and hemp association file suit to block new law that limits sale of vape products to those approved by the FDA Healthy Care
Only vaping products authorized or pending approval by the FDA can be sold in Kentucky as of Jan. 1. (Getty Images photo) By Sara...
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Kentucky is No. 4 in smoking, down from No. 2, but at 17.4% of adults, experts say the state's smoking rate is still way too highHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has one of the nation's highest adult smoking rates, but has fallen to fourth a...
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UK hosts national conference to raise immunization rate for youth vaccine that can prevent six cancers, including cervical cancerHealthy Care
Kentucky Department for Public Health illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky leads the nation in the ...
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UK professor Alex Elswick overcame opioid addiction to work with others in recovery and start a community organization to aid themHealthy Care
By Grace Sowards University of Kentucky Alex Elswick grew up with everything he needed. With two great parents, a roof over his head and...
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Lottery system will determine who gets 48 licenses for retailers and 10 for processors of medical cannabis in 11 Kentucky regionsHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear gave an update on the medical cannabis licensing program Thursday, after signin...
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Eight suicides in a month make for 'mental health crisis' in PIkeHealthy Care
Pike County (Wikipedia map) By Stan Ingold , WEKU Officials in Eastern Kentucky are dealing with what they are calling a “mental...
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Louisville's Norton Healthcare receives $20 million gift to support Parkinson's disease programming and researchHealthy Care
Norton Healthcare has received a $20 million gift for the " Just Imagine " campaign to support programing and research ...
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Free webinar, Health for a Change: Tackling the Immunization Crisis, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8, by health foundationHealthy Care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky 's next "Health for a Change" webinar is titled "Tackling the Immunization Crisis....
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Top senators, one of whom lost both parents to smoking, say no advocates spoke to them about increasing anti-tobacco spendingHealthy Care
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky's top two state senators said Tuesday that none of the advocates for more funding of tobacco...
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'Momnibus' bill to improve maternal health passes on last day, after being attached to another bill to avoid floor fight on abortionHealthy Care
Rep. Kim Moser presents SB 74 to the state House (Ky. LRC photo) By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News On the las...
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Legislature rejects pleas, cuts tobacco-prevention spending; passes vape bill some say could spur youth smokingHealthy Care
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern In a year when the American Cancer Society asked the Kentucky legislature to increase spending on tobacco...
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