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Beshear administration issues regulations to maintain expansion of Medicaid benefits

Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and hearing benefits for Kentucky adults on Medicaid, after the legislature found similar regulations ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, April 27, 2023 6:01 pm

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Catholic Health Initiatives hit by data breach

Kentucky is one of 13 states with hospitals that have been affected by a ransomware attack on the CommonSpirit health-care system, which is the parent ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Monday, April 17, 2023 2:19 pm

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Overdose deaths in Ky. workplaces tripled in 2019-2021

Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky workplaces tripled from 2019 to 2021, according to the latest annual report from the Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program. ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:37 pm

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Kentucky legislature scraps new Medicaid benefits for dental, vision, hearing care

In October, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear announced the expansion of dental, vision and hearing benefits for 900,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid. On March 16, 2023, ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Friday, March 24, 2023 10:49 am

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New coronavirus cases dropped again last week in Kentucky

Last week, new coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped 20 percent from the week before, but deaths from COVID-19 increased again. The state Department for Public ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:43 am

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If you smoke pot, lay off before surgery you could wake up early

Regular users of marijuana may need up to three times more anesthetic to keep them unconscious during surgical procedures, so they need to tell surgical ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Monday, March 13, 2023 11:55 am

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CDC: 83% of Ky. counties have low risk of COVID-19 transmission

Most of Kentucky again has a low risk of COVID-19 transmission on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention risk map, but when it comes ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Friday, March 10, 2023 12:30 pm

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Bill would create phone app for confidential mental-health texting for Ky. youth

A bill to create a free mobile-phone application for confidential crisis intervention for Kentucky youth, parents and their teachers is poised to pass the House ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 10:18 am

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Harlan County Schools one of many in SEKY warning about vape pens

Harlan County school officials have “asked businesses to guard against selling vape pens to minors after students in a nearby county got sick from using ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, March 2, 2023 1:58 pm

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COVID-19 risk remains low in most Kentucky counties

Most of Kentucky’s 120 counties continue to have a low risk of coronavirus transmission and only four of them are at high risk, according to ... Read more

by Kentucky Health News, Monday, February 27, 2023 2:46 pm

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