By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With all the people who come through the state Capitol, and all of the handshaking that goes on t...
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House passes bill to loan money to struggling rural hospitals; funding is still in the works, but sponsor appears confident-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Spurred to action when the hospital in his county said it was closing, state Re...
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State House passes 25% tax on electronic cigarettes-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill aimed at reducing teen use of electronic cigarettes by increasing their ...
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Study: rural women with ovarian cancer more likely to be diagnosed at stage IV, but not because of distance to doctor-HEALTHYLIVE
Rural women who have ovarian cancer are more likely to find out about it when it's already at stage IV than women who live in metropolit...
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Bill to help people with addictions get medication-assisted treatments moves; advocates say insurers killed the last one-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to help people with opioid and alcohol addictions to get prescription dr...
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If you're worried about coronavirus, you should be more worried about the flu, and take the same precautions, including a flu shot-HEALTHYLIVE
Worried about the novel coronavirus spreading in the United States? Take the same precautions that you would against influenza, which is tw...
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Bill would let health professionals refuse treatment that violates their conscience; critics say it would put discrimination into law-HEALTHYLIVE
A bill to allow health-care professionals to refuse to provide treatment that violates their conscience is nearing a floor vote in the state...
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House passes public-assistance bill with plan for temporary health coverage for people who earn too much to stay on Medicaid-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill aimed at moving Kentuckians off public assistance includes several health-related provisio...
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Bill to address 'shenanigans' of the state's Medicaid pharmacy middlemen moves to the House; pharmacy groups support it-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to address payment issues between middlemen known as pharmacy benefit ma...
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16 more Ky. adults died from flu in the week ended Feb. 15, for a season total of 66; officials say best protection is still a flu shot-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News The number of new cases of influenza dropped slightly in Kentucky during the second week of February, but 16 more ...
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Children need 14 doctor visits by the time they're 6, but preschoolers are increasingly not covered by health insurance-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News In 2018, the number of Kentucky pre-schoolers without health insurance was about half again as large as the number in...
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Bill to cap the price of insulin for some to $100 per prescription for a 30-day supply passes House, now moves to Senate-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill to limit cost-sharing requirements for insulin has passed the state Hous...
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House passes medical-marijuana bill, 65-30, after specifying illnesses for its use; Senate passage remains much in doubt-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky would be the 34th state to make marijuana legal for medicinal purposes, under a bill the state House passed Thursday by a vote of 6...
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KET to air 'Undiagnosed: The Diabetes Epidemic' followed by a panel discussion about diabetes on Monday, Feb. 24-HEALTHYLIVE
Nearly half of Kentucky adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes -- and many of them don't know they have it. To shine a light on this iss...
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New federal policy means fewer life-saving liver transplants in Ky., say top medical officials at major universities, who are fighting it-HEALTHYLIVE
By Mark Newman, Tom Miller and Kelly McMasters A rushed proposal that became federal policy across the country this month will increase th...
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Bills to help health departments with pensions pass House; some counties will have to increase their public-health taxes-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two bills that were presented as part of a "three-phase approach" to create a sustainab...
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Ky. flu cases creep up for the third week in a row; nine more Kentuckians have died from flu; it's not too late to get a flu shot-HEALTHYLIVE
CDCP poster; for a larger version, click on it. Kentucky Health News Amid all the headline news about the novel coronavirus, h...
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Saint Joseph Hospital listed as one of America's 250 best-HEALTHYLIVE
Saint Joseph Hospital of Lexington announced Feb. 13 that it was the only facility in Kentucky to be included in the lost of " America...
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