Author: Al Cross
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CEO of Pikeville Medical Center wins 2023 Gil Friedell Memorial Health Policy Award from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Donovan Blackburn, CEO of Pikeville Medical Center, is the latest winner of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s Gil Friedell Memorial Health Policy Award for his work...
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90% of for-profit nursing homes would need more staff to meet proposed rules; 60% of others would, KFF Health News estimates
Kentucky Health News For-profit nursing homes would have to hire more staff to meet proposed federal rules than other nursing homes would, according to an analysis by KFF Health News, a service of...
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Changing positions, Cameron says he would sign legislation to add rape and incest exceptions to Ky.’s near-total ban on abortion
By McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron said Monday that he would sign legislation allowing exceptions to Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban in cases of rape and incest...
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Demon Copperhead author and Kentucky native Barbara Kingsolver talks about the opioid epidemic and Appalachia’s difficulty with it
Barbara Kingsolver says she intended her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead to be her “great Appalachian novel” that told the story of how the opioid epidemic has ravaged the region, and its...
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The ‘sandwich generation’ still supports its children while caring for its parents, which is playing a toll on its health
Kentucky Health News America has Generation X, Generation Z and more, but it also has “the sandwich generation,” adults between 40 and 59 who care for their aging parents and...
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Health-care workers are more likely than law-enforcement officers to have injuries and illnesses that keep them away from work
Kentucky Health News “Health-care workers are increasingly being assaulted or shot on the job, making hospitals and clinics among the most dangerous workplaces in America,” report Tina Reed and Jason Millman of Axios. ...
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Tiny antibodies hold big promise for cancer treatment, UK says
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Using antibodies derived from alpacas, a University of Kentucky research team has developed a tool that could lead to new therapies to stop the growth of...
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Kentucky ranks 40th in child well-being, 3 slots lower than 2021; child obesity and underweight births up, child death rate way up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky, where nearly one in four people are children, ranked 40th among states for the overall well-being of its children, dropping three slots from...
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Kentucky has an uptick in ticks, and people are getting ticked off; UK entomologist says state seems to be ‘becoming KenTICKy’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A warmer February in Kentucky has likely contributed to an uptick in ticks, and Kentuckians aren’t happy about it. Some even sound ticked off....
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UK’s new Cannabis Center funds four research studies; two will look at marijuana use by pregnant women and cancer patients
By Lindsay Travis University of Kentucky Kentucky’s recently established center for cannabis research has awarded its first set of faculty pilot grants to support innovative and collaborative cannabis research. The University...