Category: YOUR HEALTH
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20 test positive for E.coli and six of them are hospitalized, mostly in Central Kentucky; state health department searching for source
Twenty Kentuckians have tested positive for an infection caused by a strain of E. coli bacteria, and public health officials say they have not yet identified the source of the outbreak, the...
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Bill to require ‘reasonable accommodations’ to pregnant women at work passes on last day of legislative session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that allows pregnant women “reasonable accommodations” while at work, and supports breastfeeding, passed on the last day of the...
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Bevin signs bill setting deadlines for insurers to authorize medications prescribed by health-care providers
Gomerpedia.org —– Gov. Matt Bevin has signed into law “a bill that’s expected to ease the process for getting some medications and treatments pre-approved by insurers,” Darla Carterreports for Insider Louisville. Senate Bill...
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Health departments scramble to fight hepatitis A outbreak
Peyton Manning had hepatitis C but didn’t know about hepatitis A or the outbreak until it hit him. (Michael Clevenger, Courier Journal) —– The nation’s largest outbreak of hepatitis A has...
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Montgomery County reports uptick in cases of syphilis
Montgomery County (Wikipedia map) —– Health officials in Montgomery County say they’re seeing more syphilis cases. “What had become a relatively rare disease is now seeing a resurgence nationwide,” the...
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Bevin says he exposed his nine children to chickenpox, pooh-poohs required vaccinations, misstates what government requires them (it’s his)
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin said in a radio interview that he exposed his nine children to chickenpox instead of vaccinating them, a practice that is...
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County Health Rankings, released Tuesday, show a few big shifts
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky counties that are actively working to improve their community health made significant gains in the latest County Health Rankings issued by the Robert Wood Johnson...
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Judge in Medicaid work-requirements case seems skeptical that state and feds have come up with a plan that fits the law
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg The judge who kept Kentucky from adding work requirements to Medicaid last year remained dubious of the plan in a hearing on the latest attempt...
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Tobacco-free-schools bill, hotline to report use of electronic cigarettes in schools are on track to pass before end of session
Bonnie Hackbarth of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and Rep. Kim Moser presented the tobacco-free school bill (Photo by Melissa Patrick) — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two...
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House sends tobacco-free schools bill to Senate with three days left in session, minimum needed for passage; backers have hope
Rep. Kim Moser — By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to make all Kentucky public schools and events tobacco-free passed the state House overwhelmingly Tuesday, but with just three...