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Immunization rates continue to fall in Kentucky
The immunization crisis in Kentucky is not just a Kentucky issue, but is happening nationwide. “It’s not going to take long before we see the ...
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Health insurers again win lobbying over prior authorization of procedures
A bill to exempt health-care providers who have 90% or more of their claims approved from health-insurance companies’ requirements for prior authorization of certain treatments ...
by Melissa Patrick, Friday, March 29, 2024 3:00 pm
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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC issued a health advisory
As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to pile up, ...
by Melissa Patrick, Friday, December 29, 2023 3:10 pm
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SB 150, which bans gender-affirming care for youth, passes
A revised bill with language to ban gender-affirming care for Kentucky’s transgender youth moved quickly through both houses of the General Assembly Thursday and is ...
by Melissa Patrick, Tuesday, March 21, 2023 5:45 pm
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Kentucky to get $53 million from Walmart settlement to fight opioid epidemic
Kentucky will get more than $53 million from Walmart as part of a $3.1 billion, 50-state settlement for the retailer’s role in the opioid epidemic. ...
by Melissa Patrick, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 7:00 am
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Study says one in five adult Covid-19 survivors in the U.S. may develop ‘long Covid’
One in five adult Americans who have recovered from a Covid-19 infection have experienced a health condition that may be related to a previous infection, ...
by Melissa Patrick, Monday, June 20, 2022 10:42 am
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FDA chief says baby formula supply is expected to stay short through late July
The baby formula shortage continues to worsen in Kentucky, with the state’s out-of-stock rate increasing by 20 percentage points since May 8, according to the ...
by Melissa Patrick, Friday, June 3, 2022 6:45 am
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Ky. Covid cases up 63%; experts warn new variants threaten the vaccinated and unvaccinated
Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 report largely mimics what is going on across the nation: 63 percent more new cases than the prior week, a rising positive-test ...
by Melissa Patrick, Thursday, May 26, 2022 6:00 pm
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’Trigger law’ would end legal abortion in Kentucky if Supreme Court overturns its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, as leaked
If a leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision becomes final, legal abortion in ...
by Melissa Patrick, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:04 am
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Danville girls wallop Wayne County, face Mercer in second round
STANFORD — The Danville girls took the fast lane to the semifinals. The Lady Admirals were on the gas from the opening tip Tuesday night, ...
by Melissa Patrick, Thursday, March 3, 2022 7:06 am
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