The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center will host three health conferences this fall, one on lung cancer and smoking cessation,...
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2017 Data! Forum, "Using Data to Foster Health Innovation," to be held Oct. 23 in Erlanger; event is free, but registration required-HEALTHYLIVE
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Interact for Health are hosting the 2017 Data! Forum to help communities better harness data t...
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Pay no attention to the man saying Obamacare is imploding; it's not, and his appointees aren't making it a self-fulfilling prophecy-HEALTHYLIVE
President Trump has repeatedly said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is " imploding ," and has talked about let...
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Study on strip mining and health suspended, but all sides were heard at meetings already scheduled in Hazard and Lexington-HEALTHYLIVE
Historical map shows mountaintop-removal sites in red, other strip mines in yellow. (For a larger version, click on the image.) ...
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Opioid epidemic meeting opposition from doctors, legislators and insurance companies, and getting attention from local news media-HEALTHYLIVE
To fight the opioid epidemic, Kentucky doctors, legislators and health-insurance companies are working to limit the prescription of painkill...
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FDA expected to soon decide if smokeless cigarette can be sold in U.S., rule on Philip Morris's health claims later-HEALTHYLIVE
Washington Post illustration Philip Morris International says it has created a heat-not-burn smoking device that will have 90 to...
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Aetna will distribute 720 doses of naloxone to first responders in N. Ky and Appalachia; at current rate of use, will last 4 months-HEALTHYLIVE
Bevin demonstrates how to administer Narcan (State photo) Gov. Matt Bevin demonstrated how to administer a life-saving drug that...
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West Nile virus report for Kentucky: four cases in humans, four in horses, and in some mosquitoes in Jefferson County-HEALTHYLIVE
Zika cases become rare, but CDC cautions travelers to maintain vigilance when traveling in infected areas-HEALTHYLIVE
As of mid-August, only one confirmed case of locally transmitted Zika had been recorded in the continental U.S., compared to hundreds of loc...
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Study finds Appalachian health is falling farther behind the rest of the nation, and Kentucky's health falls behind Appalachia's-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to health, Appalachia is falling farther behind the rest of the nation, and the p...
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Where does your county rank in painkiller prescriptions per person? Here are the numbers, and possible reasons for them-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News reported in July about a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showing ranges of painkillers sold per p...
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Frankfort Independent Schools offer programs for students at risk of attempting suicide; experts offer guidance-HEALTHYLIVE
Frankfort Independent Schools are working to prevent teen suicide, attempts of which are probably more common than most people think. Aus...
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Trump administration wants to drop Obama rule, tied up in court, that would ban binding arbitration in nursing-home disputes-HEALTHYLIVE
"The Trump administration is pushing to scrap a rule that would have made it easier for nursing home residents to sue nursing homes for...
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State health department offers safety tips for Aug. 21 solar eclipse; cautions to not look directly at it without eye protection-HEALTHYLIVE
In an eclipse, the moon shadows part of Earth. The Kentucky Department of Public Health is warning the public to not look direct...
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Health foundation offers workshop to help businesses implement smoke-free policies; smokers cost businesses extra $5,800/year-HEALTHYLIVE
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is offering a workshop to help businesses learn how to implement smoke-free policies in their workp...
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Cabinet for Health and Family Services promotes health and wellness at state fair, and collects duffel bags for foster kids-HEALTHYLIVE
helpourkidsinc.org The Kentucky State Fair is not just a great place to support Kentucky's agriculture or to spend the day o...
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National panel studying surface coal mining's effects on health sets meetings Mon. night in Hazard, Tue. afternoon in Lexington-HEALTHYLIVE
6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Perry County Library, 289 Black Gold Blvd. 12:45 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort, 1800 N...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky calls for statewide smoking ban, pushing people to quit by raising tobacco tax $1 a pack-HEALTHYLIVE
Ben Chandler Kentucky has "a rescue system" for sick people, not really a health-care system, and needs a statewide smo...
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Scenario for reviving Obamacare repeal: Move Manchin to Energy and replace him with a Republican senator -HEALTHYLIVE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could get the 50th vote he needs to pass an Obamacare repeal bill through a political shuffle by Pres...
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Trump doesn't want to compromise or 'move on' from health bill, as McConnell called for, but aides disagree, Politico reports-HEALTHYLIVE
"There's a divide between the president, who doesn't want to compromise or move on, and officials who would quietly prefer to l...
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Health secretary says 'No one is going to be pushed off Medicaid,' but plan says fewer will have it, and has pitfalls to lose coverage-HEALTHYLIVE
Health Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson on KET By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin's proposal to o...
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Kentucky newspapers showed much more interest this year in the County Health Rankings, no matter if they were good or bad-HEALTHYLIVE
By Elizabeth Spencer and Al Cross Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Medi...
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State gives 28 school districts grants to teach children healthy life choices and to avoid drugs, alcohol and tobacco-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If you have ever heard Kentucky's Health Commissioner Hiram Polk speak, you have likely heard...
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Deadline for Obamacare individual-market insurers extended to Sept. 5; insurers still unsure if cost-sharing subsidies will continue-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Insurers in the Obamacare marketplace for individual coverage have been given three more weeks to...
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