Author: Al Cross
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UK researchers develop video game to teach agricultural safety to college and high-school students
Screen shot of “Hazard Ridge” video game Researchers at the University of Kentucky are using a video game to educate young people about the dangers of agriculture, a line of...
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Trump picks Indiana and Kentucky’s Medicaid consultant to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Seema Verma (Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty) President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate the Indiana consultant who advised Kentucky on its Medicaid waiver request to head the Centers for Medicare...
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A county’s poor health status was a strong predictor of its vote for Donald Trump; many examples in Kentucky
There was anecdotal evidence after the presidential election of a correlation between counties that swung big to Donald Trump and those with poor health status. The Economist magazine used a...
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Ignore the election and shop around for the best deal on subsidized health insurance, columnist advises
While major changes in health insurance seem likely as a result of the election, “That doesn’t mean you should avoid signing up for 2017 insurance coverage,” writes Trudy Lieberman of...
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Drug overdoses in Northern Kentucky skyrocketed after arrival of super-potent fentanyl and carfantenil
Drug overdoses in Northern Kentucky have skyrocketed as the super-potent opioids fentanyl and carfantenil have been added to the heroin supply, Terry DeMio reports for The Cincinnati Enquirer. “In just...
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How Republicans and Democrats can come together to fix Obamacare, at least in one journalist-professor’s opinion
President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to keep requiring health-insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing conditions, but knowledgeable observers say that would still require all Americans to buy...
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Kentucky rises to No. 3 in diabetes, increasing concern about removing dental and vision coverage from basic Medicaid
Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan for Medicaid “would have a profound effect in a state with the nation’s third-highest rate of diabetes,” The Courier-Journal reports, because it would remove dental and vision care...
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Election results increase concerns among supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kentucky
The election of Donald Trump and continued Republican control of Congress have compounded worries about the future of health care for the 440,000 Kentuckians who gained it from the expansion...
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Surgeon general’s addiction report, requested by McConnell and Democratic senator, calls for a new approach
Only 10 percent of Americans who abuse painkillers get treatment, so the nation needs to take a different approach to the growing problem of addiction, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said...
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Journalists gather to hear why and how to cover health, get a myriad of story ideas, sources and approaches
SLADE, Ky. — Kentucky journalists interested in covering health got plenty of information and hopefully some inspiration Friday at “Covering Health: A News Workshop” at Natural Bridge State Resort Park....