Local departments around the state want lawmakers to approve a major overhaul of the health-department system, including changes in how they are funded.
The Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants urged passage of the bill, explaining that under the current system a supervising physician has to sign off on any controlled substance prescription written by a PA.
It is especially important for children and high-risk adults to get vaccinated, since they are at higher risk of complications and negative consequences, including death.
Kentuckians who are signing up for health insurance on Healthcare.gov are encouraged to talk to an application assister each year before they sign up because plans often change and premiums and options fluctuate.
The Fayette County Board of Education voted Dec. 5 to become the second school district in Kentucky to sue e-cig companies, following the lead of Bullitt County. Both boards say the booming use of e-cigs disrupts learning and causes discipline problems.
Independent pharmacies in Kentucky and around the nation have said for years that the payment practices of pharmacy benefit managers, or PMBs, are so bad that they threaten their survival.
According to the Kentucky Incentives for Prevention survey, 26.7% of the state's high-school seniors reported they had vaped in the past 30 days in 2018, up from 12.2% in the 2016 survey.
The toolkit has six modules that include resources and information focused on developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining rural suicide prevention programs.
An administration official said the FDA is finalizing a plan on flavored e-cigarettes in the next several weeks that probably would go into effect a month later.
The CDC says that because no evidence of infectious diseases have been found in these patients, the lung illnesses are likely associated with a chemical exposure.
Many of Kentucky's county health departments won't survive under financial pressures brought by the state pension crisis -- without some action from the General Assembly. The state health commissioner says he has a plan to save the local departments and ultimately improve the state's health outcomes.
