Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow Kentucky's cigarette tax just went up 83 percent, from 60 cents per pack to $1.10 a pack....
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Feds charge 10, mainly in Louisville, with various health-care fraud schemes, call them 'drug dealers in lab coats'-HEALTHYLIVE
A doctor, a psychiatrist, a chiropractor, a medical assistant and six other people in Louisville and Cave City have been indicted as part of...
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Judge blocks work requirement in Medicaid-HEALTHYLIVE
A federal judge has blocked the requirements for work, volunteering or job training by "able-bodied" Kentucky Medicaid members, ru...
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Adam Meier, the state's new health secretary, has moved from creating policy to delivering it -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state's new health secretary moved from a policy job that he loved to one that puts him...
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Kentuckians encouraged to let the pros handle the fireworks; even sparklers, firecrackers and bottle rockets are dangerous-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fireworks are often synonymous with the Fourth of July 4, but they are also a common cause of inj...
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"Kentucky Substance Use Epidemic: A Solutions Update" is title of Bost Health Policy Forum to be held in Lexington Sept. 24-HEALTHYLIVE
As Kentucky continues to struggle with the health and economic impacts of the opioid epidemic, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky '...
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Both Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act insurers in Kentucky seek rate hikes; Anthem wants to cover 17 more counties, for total of 76-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The two health insurers offering government-subsidized health plans in Kentucky's individual ...
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In a region and state with many teen births, E. Ky. program helps young women find ways to teach sex-ed outside classroom -HEALTHYLIVE
A Kentucky program trains Eastern Kentucky women to advocate for reproductive health. Photo by Hero Images/Getty Images A group ...
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Cardinal Health gives seven grants in Kentucky to teach students about being safe with prescription drugs-HEALTHYLIVE
Seven Kentucky health-care or social-service organizations are recipients of Cardinal Health Foundation grants to teach students in kinder...
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Philanthropist Christy Brown gives U of L $5 million to fund study of the human envirome (and that's not just the environment)-HEALTHYLIVE
Christy Brown, U of L President Neeli Benapudi and Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar, director of the Envirome Institute. (U of L photo) With ...
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Beshear sues Walgreens, alleging it worsened opioid epidemic by not reporting unusually large drug shipments top Kentucky-HEALTHYLIVE
Attorney General Andy Beshear is suing Walgreens for "allegedly failing to legally monitor its own operations that shipped and dispens...
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Fewer Kentucky teens are smoking, but influx of new vaping products like the Juul creates worry that this trend will reverse-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's high-school students continue to smoke at higher rates than their national counter...
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63 percent of Kentucky's children get their health insurance through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 60 percent of American children are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health I...
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Woman who lost 100 lbs. gives message of hope to the 68% of Kentuckians who are overweight: 'If I can do it, anyone can do it'-HEALTHYLIVE
Liz Hopkins before and after losing 100 pounds (Photos submitted to the Owenton News-Herald) It took back surgery and the very r...
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McConnell gets hemp in Farm Bill, after argument with Iowa senator about inclusion of cannabinoids, including CBD oil-HEALTHYLIVE
McConnell at the meeting ( Associated Press photo by Jacquelyn Martin) The Senate version of the Farm Bill contains Majority Le...
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Interior Department official met with coal industry lobbyists before canceling study on health effects of strip mining-HEALTHYLIVE
A top official in the Department of the Interior met repeatedly with coal industry lobbyists shortly before canceling a study on the publ...
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Farmers' market in Columbia expects to serve 2,500 children at Hungry Kids Café on Saturdays this summer-HEALTHYLIVE
Kasey Blue “KB” Kessler, Emma Burton, and sisters Kennedy and Cadence Booth, inspect tomatoes at the D&D Longview Angus booth at...
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Celebrity suicides raise concern about 'contagion;' Ky. rate higher than most states; experts say, talk about it openly-HEALTHYLIVE
"The suicides of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain just days apart . . . have mental health professionals...
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Cabinet for Health and Family Services announces appointments to five key leadership positions; two others named in mid-May-HEALTHYLIVE
Several key leadership positions were filled at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services June 1, and take affect immediately, according t...
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Federal judge sets trial date for state's ban on most common type of second-trimester abortion; meanwhile, law remains suspended-HEALTHYLIVE
A federal judge has ruled that a new law banning a common abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation, or D&E, after roughly 11 we...
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