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A new Kentucky law will limit which nicotine vapes businesses can sell. But a lawsuit claims it’s unconstitutional because it will restrict hemp-derived and cannabis vapes, too.
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Addressing a problem first identified 50 years ago, federal regulators filed new rules to limit miners’ exposure to silica dust on Tuesday.
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Hadley’s law would add exceptions for rape, incest and nonviable pregnancies, but has yet to be assigned a committee in the Senate. Now its sponsor is making a final desperate push to move the bill in the last two days of the session.
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Carrying naloxone can be a literal lifesaver for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. Kentucky’s state government set up a website to help people find local providers.
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Seniors who are hospitalized with even a minor illness or injury are at risk of something called hospital-acquired disability. This puts them at risk of rehospitalizations and a downward spiral that could eventually land them in a nursing home.
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For years, the official sports medicine provider for Louisville City FC and Racing Louisville FC has been Baptist Health. But now, UofL Health will fill that role.
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With the excitement and anticipation surrounding this event, come some risks and precautions that people need to take into account in order to protect their eyes’ health.
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Research shows COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. But Kentucky Senate Republicans falsely suggested they aren’t while promoting a ban on vaccine mandates this week.
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The Kentucky Legislature’s “momnibus” bill wasn’t controversial. But a new version of it incorporates a different proposal Democrats walked out over earlier this month.
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The Kentucky-based National Stem Cell Foundation is doing research in space on neurodegenerative diseases. Supplies for a new experiment flew to the International Space Station last week.
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Louisville health care systems keep expanding their operations, with two big announcements from UofL Health and Norton Healthcare this week.
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A lengthy impasse over insurance coverage between Baptist Health and Humana affected a lot of patients in Louisville. It finally ended Thursday.