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Second round of state grants from settlements with opioid makers and distributors, totaling nearly $14 million, go to 34 organizations

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced the latest round of funding from the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission on Monday, with 34 organizations set to...

By Heather Close Published October 3, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Studies show that comprehensive smoke-free laws and tobacco taxes are associated with lower rates of youth smoking

Kentucky Health News Tobacco-control policies such as taxes and comprehensive smoke-free laws are associated with lower rates of youth smoking, according to recent studies. The purpose of the first study,...

By Heather Close Published October 2, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH

Survey of 52 high-school students in Ky. hears calls for support of parents, not just students, when tackling substance-use problem

Kentucky Health News Kentucky high-school students in a recent study about substance abuse and its prevention offered some pointed advice about why their peers turn to substances, and said it’s...

By Heather Close Published October 2, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Kentucky Justice Commission on Mental Health to hold five more town-hall meetings; the next one is set for Oct. 11 in Lexington

Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health is hosting nine town hall meetings across the state through Nov. 29 to garner input for changing how the justice...

By Heather Close Published October 2, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Legislators waive chance to set up repeal of expanded Medicaid services, and are talking with administration officials about it

By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Around 400 patients every week, most covered by Medicaid, flood the University of Kentucky’s dental clinic seeking care they can’t find elsewhere for advanced tooth...

By Heather Close Published October 2, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Fall is vaccine season; doctors say it’s OK to get immunizations for Covid-19 and flu at same time; new RSV vaccine available

Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are circulating, so the vaccine season is upon us. To get the maximum protection, start with a game plan. “Doctors generally suggest getting...

By Heather Close Published October 2, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

‘The only way we can take care of others is if we first take care of ourselves,” UK President Eli Capilouto says in a health message

Kentucky Health News Before he became an academic and a university administrator, Eli Cailouto was a public-health dentist. He returned to his roots in his latest campus-wide message as University...

By Heather Close Published September 25, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, YOUR HEALTH

Answers to questions about the updated Covid-19 vaccines

Updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna have rolled out to pharmacies. The Food and Drug Administration approved the mRNA vaccines for everyone 6 months and older. The Centers for Disease...

By Heather Close Published September 25, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

State doctors’ group calls for more gun control, repeal of Second Amendment ‘sanctuary’ law; passes resolutions on many topics

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Medical Association called mass shooting and gun violence “a public-health crisis” and called for more gun control in one of nine resolutions on...

By Heather Close Published September 25, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

The pandemic is over; now Covid-19 is endemic but is still a leading cause of death. When we will stop treating it differently?

As new coronavirus variants make the headlines and Covid-19 hospitalizations are are on the rise, experts told Carolyn Y. Johnson of The Washington Post that this is the new normal in a...

By Heather Close Published September 25, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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