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The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange will present an information session and allow time for questions about Kentucky's online health insur... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2019/11/kentucky-doctors-and-hospitals-are.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Kentucky doctors and hospitals are changing the culture of opioid... Dr. Philip Overall in the emergency room at St. Claire Hospital in Morehead, which has cut the unit's opioid-prescription rates by half. ... kentucky health news doctors and hospitals changing the culture https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/this-is-child-abuse-awareness-month.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: This is Child Abuse Awareness Month; tips for prevention April is child abuse awareness month, and the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is reminding Kentuckians that it's the law to ... kentucky health news child abuse awareness this is https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2020/08/somerset-area-legislators-decry.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Somerset-area legislators decry Beshear's restrictions at Chamber meeting... L-R : Sen. Rick Gidler, Reps. David Meade and Ken Upchurch, unopposed House nominees Josh Branscum and Shane Baker (Photos by Caleb Lowndes... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2017/08/study-finds-appalachian-health-is.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Study finds Appalachian health is falling farther behind the rest of the... By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to health, Appalachia is falling farther behind the rest of the nation, and the... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/05/months-after-breast-cancer-diagnosis.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Months after a breast-cancer diagnosis and a double mastectomy, a Monticello... Lindsey Sexton runs the No Business 100. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) When Lindsey Sexton of Monticello started to t... kentucky health news breast cancer diagnosis https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2023/06/kentucky-ranks-40th-in-child-well-being.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Kentucky ranks 40th in child well-being, 3 slots lower than 2021; child... By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky, where nearly one in four people are children, ranked 40th among states for the overall wel... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2014/01/governors-focus-on-health-deserves.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Governor's focus on health deserves another round of applause, Friedell... Gov. Steve Beshear's focus on health in his State of the Commonwealth speech should be applauded, given the poor state of Kentucky's health... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2016/09/health-insurance-premiums-for-2017-will.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Health-insurance premiums for 2017 will be more expensive By Trudy Lieberman , Rural Health News Service Recently I got a note from a reader of these columns who lives in Warren, Ohio. He had see... kentucky health news insurance premiums will be https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2014/11/kynect-enrollment-for-private.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Kynect enrollment for private, subsidized insurance reopens; previous... By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's second annual open enrollment period has start... kentucky health news for private kynect enrollment https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/02/herd-immunity-from-covid-19-not-likely.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes. Modern Healthcare illustration A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being ... kentucky health news herd immunity https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2016/01/washington-state-study-finds-new-school.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Washington state study finds new school lunch standards have made students'... School lunches are healthier since the federal government created sweeping changes to the program five years ago and almost the same number... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2019/03/beshear-says-hes-investigating-pharmacy.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Beshear says he's investigating pharmacy benefit managers for possible... Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Attorney General Andy Beshear are the most likely nominees for governor in the Nov. 5 election. Attorne... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/03/effects-of-concussions-outlast-symptoms.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Effects of concussions outlast symptoms, UK prof finds; another study says... A University of Kentucky assistant professor has found that the effects of a concussion may last longer than the symptoms, a finding that ... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2024/03/emergency-room-visits-for-respiratory.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness keep declining, but flu... State Department for Public Health graphs , adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky's influenza lev... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/05/attorney-general-issues-alert-about.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Attorney general issues alert about scam sales of infant formula Image from WKDQ.com Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued a consumer alert Wednesday warning Kentuckians of scams related to the nationwide... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/08/state-senator-selected-for-national.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: State senator selected for national fellowship on population health State Sen. Ralph Alvarado State Sen. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, is one of 23 fellows from 20 states selected for the 2022-23 class of the... kentucky health news state senator national fellowship https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2014/01/appalachian-regional-hospitals-used.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Appalachian Regional Hospitals use untruthful information to encourage... The Appalachian Regional Healthcare system has posted notices in its 10 hospitals that "provides an incorrect web address to sign up for... kentucky health news regional hospitals appalachian https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/01/health-officials-to-immunize-child-care.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Health officials to immunize child-care workers for whooping cough, which is... Amid a rash of whooping-cough cases, Northern Kentucky health officials will immunize child-care workers against the disease. The effort is ... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2015/03/state-senate-passes-bill-for.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: State Senate passes bill for independent appeals process for managed-care... By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Managed-care organizations' contracts allow them to deny Medicaid claims and not reimburse for s... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/ KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: February 2011 Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of... kentucky health news february https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/child-abuse-records-released-but.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Child abuse records released, but without names of victims Though the state on Monday released 85 internal reviews of cases in which children had either been killed or nearly killed from abuse, in ma... kentucky health news child abuse https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2015/02/opinion-toward-healthier-kentucky-with.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Opinion: Toward a healthier Kentucky, with a smoke-free law By the Friedell Committee for Health System Transformation It is no secret that Kentucky is among the unhealthiest states in our count... kentucky health news smoke free opinion toward https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2015/07/drug-chain-cvs-health-leaves-us-chamber.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: CVS Health leaves U.S. Chamber over lobbying for tobacco in foreign... CVS Health announced it would end its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over reports that the Chamber had lobbied foreign govern... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/doctors-turn-to-telemedicine-to-help.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Doctors use telemedicine to help patients with dementia, Alzheimer's Following a nationwide trend, Kentucky doctors are turning to telemedicine to help patients with memory problems such as those associated wi... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2024/03/chair-of-us-senate-health-committee.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Chair of U.S. Senate health committee demands maker of weight-loss drugs,... Axios Visuals map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who chairs the U.S. Senate's Health... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2019/11/ KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: November 2019 Events, trends, issues, ideas and independent journalism about health care and health in Kentucky, from the Institute for Rural Journalism at the University of... kentucky health news november https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2014/06/at-least-one-additional-health.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: At least one additional health-insurance company is expected to sell policies... The five insurance companies that sold policies this year on Kynect , Kentucky's health-benefit exchange, want to return in 2015, and Dayto... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/01/two-bills-would-encourage-protect.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Two bills would encourage, protect whistleblowers Two proposed bills would serve to crack down on fraudulent health care claims and make it easier for employees to blow the whistle on illega... kentucky health news two bills would encourage https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/12/study-raising-cigarette-taxes-does-curb.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Study: Raising cigarette taxes does curb even heavy smoking The more you raise cigarette taxes, the less people smoke. 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The exit poll of Tuesday's election in Kentucky gave Gov. Andy Beshear a slightly better grade than President Donald Trump for handling the ... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2024/03/website-that-helps-kentuckians-find.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Website that helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment now helps them find... Photo from Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Group Kentucky Health News The FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment,... find addiction treatment now kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/04/foes-of-new-abortion-law-called-one-of.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Kentucky's two clinics suspend abortions as lawsuits challenge new law that... Rep. Randy Bridges, R-Paducah, gives a thumbs down to abortion advocates who chanted "Bans off our bodies" at the state Capitol April 13. 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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky's low health rankings may get lower before they go up, both because of the state's expansion o... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/10/270-u-of-l-freshmen-have-to-vacate-dorm.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: 270 U of L freshmen have to vacate dorm because of mold The University of Louisville has told 270 freshmen they have to move out in the middle of midterm exams after high levels of mold were foun... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/baptist-health-buys-trover-health-in.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Baptist Health buys Trover Health in Western Kentucky, making Baptist... 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Mitch McConnell is running his first re-election commercial focused on the federal health-reform law, featuring a Somerset physic... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/07/doctors-shifting-from-private-practice.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Doctors shifting from private practice to large hospitals for more security... Associated Press photo by Michael Schennum. The days of hanging up a shingle and opening shop are becoming more and more unusual for do... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2019/12/law-to-raise-legal-age-to-21-to.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: McConnell and electronic-cigarette firms' bill to raise legal age to buy... By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age to buy tobacco produces, including electronic ciga... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-cig-hookah-ban-takes-effect-monday-in.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: E-cig, hookah ban takes effect Monday in Madison County Electronic cigarettes and water pipes known as hookahs will be banned in enclosed public places in Madison County beginning Monday under an ... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2015/10/study-will-try-to-find-lessons-from.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Study will try to find lessons from Appalachian communities that have... PDA Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., has been named the lead investigator for "Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Sp... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2016/03/study-of-preventive-health-status-finds.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Study of preventive health status finds Kentucky is in the middle of the pack... A study that looked at preventive health services among states in three categories found that Kentucky fell near the middle of the pack f... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2015/03/health-reform-law-has-been-good-for.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Health reform law has been good for hospital finances, health-care costs,... U.S. hospitals have saved billions of dollars because the federal health-reform law has provided coverage for patients who were once charit... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2016/10/rural-veterans-less-likely-than-urban.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Rural veterans less likely than urban counterparts to receive mental health... Rural veterans are less likely than their urban counterparts to receive treatment for mental health conditions, says a study by the federa... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2020/08/as-cases-surge-in-southeastern-ky.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: As cases surge in southeastern Ky., public-health and local officials join... Like much of the nation, stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus in Appalachia isn't just a public-health effort, but also involves c... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2013/08/laurel-true-longtime-advocate-for.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Laurel True, longtime advocate for health, education and human services, dies... Laurel W. True, who continued his public service for health and other causes long after leaving state government, died suddenly Saturday ... education and human services kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/doctors-must-stop-over-prescribing-pain.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Docs must stop over-prescribing pain pills, summit speakers say When a statistic showed the number of opioid prescriptions increased from 76 million in 1991 to 219 million in 2011, Dr... kentucky health news https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/rural-emergency-rooms-frequented-by.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Rural emergency rooms frequented by the poor and uninsured A new report from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that low-income adults accounted for 56 percent of the 8 mil... kentucky health news emergency rooms https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/report-bounce-house-injuries-to.html KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS: Report: Bounce-house injuries to children have skyrocketed A new report out today in the journal Pediatrics warns that, on average, 31 children a day are transported to U.S. emergency departments ... kentucky health news injuries to children bounce house report