Hepatitis A vaccine ( USA Today photo by Nikki Boliaux) The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services won't have to cond...
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20 test positive for E.coli and six of them are hospitalized, mostly in Central Kentucky; state health department searching for source -HEALTHYLIVE
E. coli symptoms (Graphic by JR Bee, Verywell Health ) Twenty Kentuckians have tested positive for an infection caused by a stra...
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Bill to require 'reasonable accommodations' to pregnant women at work passes on last day of legislative session-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill that allows pregnant women "reasonable accommodations" while a...
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State health department funds mobile syringe exchange for Laurel, Whitley, Knox, Clay and Jackson counties-HEALTHYLIVE
A mobile syringe exchange will go to five Eastern Kentucky counties: Knox, Laurel, Whitley, Clay and Jackson. (WYMT-TV) Fiv...
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Statewide tobacco-free-schools bill finally passes, and is the governor is expected to sign it into law, effective in 2020-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to ban the use of tobacco products in all Kentucky public schools and ev...
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Health departments, regional mental-health centers, other entities get a pension fix, but at a cost to some employees' pensions-HEALTHYLIVE
Teachers filled the Senate gallery. (Herald-Leader photo by Matt Goins) As it closed up shop, the legislature gave local health d...
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'Fatal Flaws' series on Ky. workplace safety wins national award for Kentucky Center for Investigative Journalism-HEALTHYLIVE
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Judge again blocks state's Medicaid plan with work requirements for many, says likewise for similar plan already in effect in Ark.-HEALTHYLIVE
Man who ran drug-treatment facilities in Ironton and Portsmouth, Ohio, is indicted on drug-trafficking charges-HEALTHYLIVE
Graffiti under the U.S. Grant Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio (Cincinnati Enquirer photo by Liz Dufour) The former operator of Ohio d...
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Bevin signs bill setting deadlines for insurers to authorize medications prescribed by health-care providers-HEALTHYLIVE
Gomerpedia.org Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law "a bill that’s expected to ease the process for getting some medications ...
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Beshear says he's investigating pharmacy benefit managers for possible overcharging and discrimination against independents-HEALTHYLIVE
Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear Attorney General Andy Beshear announced March 21 that he is investig...
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Health departments scramble to fight hepatitis A outbreak-HEALTHYLIVE
Peyton Manning had hepatitis C but didn't know about hepatitis A or the outbreak until it hit him. (Michael Clevenger, Courier J...
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Montgomery County reports uptick in cases of syphilis-HEALTHYLIVE
Health officials in Montgomery County say they're seeing more syphilis cases. "What had become a relatively rare disease is now s...
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Justice secretary favors treatment over incarceration; 'We have to distinguish who we are mad at and who we are actually afraid of'-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 90 Fulbright scholars from 49 countries attended a University of Kentucky seminar, "...
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Here's a list of health-related bills in the General Assembly-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News When the General Assembly returns Thursday, March 28, for the final day of its session, it could pass any number of bi...
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Bevin says he exposed his nine children to chickenpox, pooh-poohs required vaccinations, misstates who requires them-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin said in a radio interview that he exposed his nine children to chickenpox instead...
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Doctor pleads guilty to illegal prescription of painkillers, some of which resulted in two deaths, federal prosecutors say-HEALTHYLIVE
A doctor in Appalachian Southern Kentucky pleaded guilty March 18 to 13 counts of prescribing controlled substances without any legitimate m...
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Youth suicide rates are increasing in Ky.; Courier Journal does in-depth stories, in hopes of spurring conversation to find out why -HEALTHYLIVE
The editor of the Louisville Courier Journal posted this note with the package of stories, Some readers may find one quotation in...
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Bill on Bevin's desk would require a malpractice lawsuit to certify that an expert has said it has a reasonable basis to be filed-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that to require anyone filing a lawsuit against health-care providers to get a qualified e...
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Cincinnati opens a pilot program to get immediate help for people who want help with addiction -HEALTHYLIVE
Cincinnati has started a pilot program that lets people who are seeking addiction treatment get it by simply walking into one of ...
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Governor says he exposed his 9 children to chicken pox, says vaccines aren't for everyone; expert says we're not in 17th century-HEALTHYLIVE
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/20/matt-bevin-exposed-kids-chickenpox-instead-vaccine/3221848002/ For a recordi...
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UK welcomes 90 scholars from 50 nations for seminar on addiction; 3 events open to public Thur. and Fri. mornings-HEALTHYLIVE
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick , will give the keynote plenary address at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Ninety Fulbright scholars from abo...
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County Health Rankings, released today, show a few big shifts-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky counties that are actively working to improve their community health made signifi...
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