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Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission will host what it calls its inaugural opioid symposium Oct. 9 and 10 in Lexington. The two-day conference will feature presentations...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Each year, the last day of August is observed as International Overdose Awareness Day, to raise awareness of overdoses, acknowledge the grief felt by...
By Arthur Allen, Rachana Pradhan and David Hilzenrath KFF Health News The Biden administration has picked the first 10 high-priced prescription drugs subject to federal price negotiations, taking a swipe at...
Kentucky Health News A behavioral-health clinic that serves 33 Kentucky counties is the first in the state to receive a grant from a national program that fosters comprehensive drug treatment...
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky Thursday, Aug. 31, marks International Overdose Awareness Day, a time when attention is directed toward raising awareness about opioid overdose and ways to reverse...
By Darius Tahir KFF Health News Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin, a dewormer for animals, is an effective treatment for Covid-19. And few of them place significant...
People who have experienced a heart attack or stroke have prevented another one from happening by taking a daily aspirin. But fewer than half of heart attack or stroke victims...
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...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron has filed a lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers and drug manufacturers over an alleged insulin pricing scheme. The lawsuit...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Federal rules requiring Covid-19 vaccinations in health care settings were lifted in early June, and while several of the larger Kentucky hospital systems soon...