Trying to prevent spread of coronavirus, federal officials said Friday that the government would keep foreign nationals who recently visite...
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Beshear wants cigarette-tax hike, new tax on electronic cigarettes-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News To pay for such things as a teacher-pay increase and 350 news social workers to fight child abuse...
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Regular marijuana use may enlarge the heart's main blood-pumping chamber, limited study in United Kingdom suggests-HEALTHYLIVE
Image from Marijuana Direct Regular use of marijuana could cause changes in the structure of the heart, suggests a study conducte...
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Dr. Steven Stack, Lexington emergency physician and 2016 AMA president, named to lead state Department for Public Health-HEALTHYLIVE
Dr. Steven Stack Dr. Steven Stack of Lexington, an emergency physician and the 2016 president of the American Medical Association...
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U.S. House passes Senate bill to mainatin anti-fentanyl laws-HEALTHYLIVE
The U.S. House passed a Senate bill Wednesday to keep deadly fentanyl and similar opioids listed as some of the most dangerous drugs, and Pr...
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Anti-diabetes activists hope resolution for Ketoacidosis Awareness Day will be only first of many diabetes bills to pass House, Senate-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A resolution to increase awareness of a health condition that can kill diabetics, called diabetes...
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Flu activity in Kentucky again drops a bit, but remains high, and nine more adults die from it in state; not too late to get a flu shot-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News Nine more Kentucky adults have died from influenza, bringing the flu season's total to 30, two under the age of...
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Unanimous Senate sends female genital mutilation ban to House-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to ban female genital mutilation in Kentucky unanimously passed the Senate Jan. 22 and wen...
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Senate President Stivers, long the key obstacle to medical marijuana in Kentucky, now says he sees 'a narrow path' for it-HEALTHYLIVE
Senate President Robert Stivers By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The most important legislative opponent of legalizing ...
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Bill to raise legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 passes state Senate 28-10, goes to House-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, from...
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First abortion bill of session clears committee; 2 more in hopper; Beshear administration lets Planned Parenthood apply for clinic-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require health care providers to do everything possible to save the life of a baby who ...
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Mental health first-aid training bill passes state House-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has unanimously passed the stae H...
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Ads touting McConnell's record on surprise billing, Medicare for All could be a surprise of their own, since they confuse the issues-HEALTHYLIVE
This ad promoting Sen. Mitch McConnell conflates the issues of surprise billing and Medicare for All. Analysis by Al Cross Kentu...
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Editorial in Frankfort's newspaper says drug addiction should be treated as a health issue, not a crime-HEALTHYLIVE
The State Journal With rising inmate populations and crumbling prison infrastructure depleting the state of much-needed funding, it is time...
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Database shows the basics of each rural hospital's finances-HEALTHYLIVE
Want to check the financial history of your local hospital? There's a quick and easy way to get the fundamental figures, thanks to a r...
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Catholic hospital near Ashland to close, costing 1,000 jobs-HEALTHYLIVE
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital opened in 1953. (Ashland Daily Independent photo) Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in the Ashland...
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Dentist gives warning signs of oral cancer, 'not always definitive'-HEALTHYLIVE
By Dr. Shelley Shearer There are nearly 50,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States each year, accounting for 3 percent of all ca...
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Flu cases dip a bit in new year, but still much higher than last season; 21 people have died from flu in Ky.; a shot still protects-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza has killed 21 people in Kentucky this season, two of them under the age of 18, accor...
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Medical marijuana advocates more hopeful it will pass, but main foe cites lack of research; bill asks feds to do more research-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to legalize marijuana for medical purposes has been filed in the Kentucky General Assembly...
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Low-value tests are costly, can lead to harm; avoiding them is one of the few things you can do to limit medical costs-HEALTHYLIVE
Trudy Lieberman By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service We know too well the cost of American health care keeps risin...
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