By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation's "Best Regional Hospitals"...
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Scores of reported cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Lincoln Trail area; awaiting state health department confirmation -HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the main tick-borne disease in Kentucky, has affected scores of people in the area serv...
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Health departments and their employees making tough choices now that the General Assembly has passed Bevin's pension bill-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky's health departments and their employees face some difficult decisions in the wake of the pension legislation passed in the rec...
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Skin-cancer rates have spiked 800% among young women; experts advise limiting exposure to sun and tanning beds-HEALTHYLIVE
New research shows that skin-cancer rates have surged among young women, likely because they use tanning beds, but health experts warn that ...
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UK gets $11 million grant to decrease cervical cancer in Eastern Ky. with focus on risks: smoking, HPV and low rates of screening-HEALTHYLIVE
The University of Kentucky has been awarded a five year, $11 million grant to work toward reducing the rates of cervical cancer in Eastern ...
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Deepest study yet finds only 36% of those who'd be affected by Ky.'s proposed Medicaid work rules aren't meeting them already-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin says "hundreds of thousands" of able-bodied adult Kentuckians on Medica...
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Republican legislators propose taxing electronic cigarettes, as a health measure and a revenue measure-HEALTHYLIVE
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky would tax electronic cigarettes just like other tobacco products for the first time, under a pr...
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3 children die, 33 are injured per day in accidents on U.S. farms; prevention workshop to be held in Lexington Aug. 6-7-HEALTHYLIVE
The National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety will host a workshop will be held in Lexington Aug. 6-7 o...
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Health experts say don't 'vape' around children, because secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes is not safe for them-HEALTHYLIVE
Evolving research shows that electronic cigarettes' secondhand aerosol (it's not vapor, despite what the industry says) is not witho...
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Michael Rust retires as head of Kentucky Hospital Association; Nancy Galvagni was appointed new president and CEO in May-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Michael T. Rust, who led the Kentucky Hospital Association for 24 years, has retired. Rust sai...
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Opinion: Politicians are playing with fire when they erode support for mandatory childhood vaccinations-HEALTHYLIVE
OPINION By F. Douglas Scutchfield and Al Cross Public health is the nexus of science and politics. Unfortunately, the two frequently do no...
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Jewish Hospital quits heart transplants; U of L says there's less need for them, and can't start a program of its own right now-HEALTHYLIVE
Jewish Hospital is in downtown Louisville. Financially ailing Jewish Hospital , which has done only one heart transplant this yea...
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OD deaths in Ky. dropped nearly 15% in 2018; officials credit many policy initiatives, but say 'incredible challenges' remain-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw a nearly 15 percent drop in drug-overdose deaths in 2018, the first decline since 20...
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Opioid distribution database shows Ky. was 2nd for most legal pain pills per person between 2006-12; county-level data available -HEALTHYLIVE
Washington Post map; click here to view the interactive version. Between 2006 and 2012, drug companies distributed 76 billion...
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After receiving 600 public comments, health cabinet removes proposal to ban tattoos on scarred skin in updated regulation-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has updated its requirements for tattoo studio...
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State health department warns about danger of getting rabies, especially from bats; advises to never touch a bat-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Public health officials are reminding Kentuckians about the dangers of rabies exposure from bats ...
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In e-cigarette documentary, premiering on CNBC tonight, Juul CEO apologizes to parents of teenagers who vape-HEALTHYLIVE
Juul Labs CEO Kevin Burns, left, and NBC reporter Carl Quintanilla tour a Wisconsin Juul facility. (CNBC photo) A new CNBC docu...
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State says it won't tolerate bad treatment of independent pharmacies by pharmacy middlemen in Medicaid program-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky legislators were assured at a July 8 meeting that the state is committed to resolving th...
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