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Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky is one of seven institutions that are getting about $20 million each in federal money over the next four years to examine the...
Baptist Health, Kentucky’s largest hospital chain, is at odds with another major health insurer over payments for patients covered by its Medicare Advantage and group retiree plans. “United Healthcare, the...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The American Association of Retired Persons‘ latest Long-term Services and Supports Scorecard, three years after the Covid-19 pandemic, ranks Kentucky 42nd in the nation....
Kentucky Health News For uncertain reasons, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has become more common in American children, especially in Kentucky, and “It’s the worst disease you’ve never heard of,” said Samir...
By Kentucky Voices for Health Just in time for the respiratory virus season — that harrowing time of year when you’re sick and it could be about seven different things — the federal government...
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky LanternPharmacist Joel Thornbury said his role is far more than filling prescriptions at the Nova Pharmacy he owns in Pikeville; he’s a readily accessible source of...
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...
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 Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A panel of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Thursday that Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors will stay...
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...