Dec 26 Health Study Finds In Many Places, Gyms Are Taking The Place Of Tanning Salons A new study of 1,927 gyms across 33 states, including Kentucky, found 78 percent of them had at least one tanning bed. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 26 Health Study Finds Gyms Are Taking The Place Of Tanning Salons Lisa Gillespie
Dec 24 Health Drug Overdoses Contribute To Rise In Midlife Mortality In Ohio River Valley Life expectancy in the U.S. has taken a significant downward turn. This is especially true in Ohio and West Virginia. By Melissa Block, NPR Dec 24 Health Drug Overdoses Contribute To Rise In Midlife Mortality In Ohio Valley Melissa Block, NPR
Dec 23 Health Beshear Cancels Bevin’s Medicaid Contracts; Will Redo Process Next Year Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday his administration would cancel the five Medicaid contracts awarded by Bevin in his last days in office. By Amina Elahi Dec 23 Health Beshear Cancels Bevin's Medicaid Contracts Amina Elahi
Dec 23 Health Innovating Recovery: Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis Experts say it’s time to focus on solutions that are forward-thinking, collaborative and can be recreated in other communities. By Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 23 Health Group Highlights New Approaches To Addiction Crisis Aaron Payne, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 16 Health Beshear Officially Abandons Bevin’s Changes To Kentucky Medicaid Governor Andy Beshear will not move forward with former Governor Matt Bevin’s controversial changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 16 Health Beshear Officially Abandons Bevin's Changes To Kentucky Medicaid Lisa Gillespie
Dec 14 Health Sunday Deadline Looms For Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Time is running out to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's online marketplace healthcare.gov. By Brakkton Booker, NPR Dec 14 Health Sunday Deadline Looms For Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Brakkton Booker, NPR
Dec 13 Health Flu Cases Uptick In Kentucky, With Four Deaths State officials say the four people who have died from the flu all had other health conditions and hadn’t received the flu shot. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 13 Health Flu Cases Uptick In Kentucky, With Four Deaths Lisa Gillespie
Dec 13 Health Have Medicaid And Confused About The Recent Ky. Contracts? Here’s What to Know About 435,130 Kentuckians currently have Medicaid through Passport and Anthem, both of which recently lost out on contract renewals. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 13 Health Have Medicaid And Confused? Here's What to Know Lisa Gillespie
Dec 12 Health Anthem Kentucky Formally Challenges Removal From Medicaid Program Anthem Kentucky has submitted its appeal to the state protesting its exclusion from the Medicaid contracts issued two weeks ago. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 12 Health Anthem Kentucky Formally Challenges Removal From Medicaid Program Lisa Gillespie
Dec 11 Health Yarmuth-Backed Bill To Lower Drug Prices Up For A Vote, But Without Much Chance Of Final Passage On Thursday, the House is expected to vote on a massive bill that aims to lower the cost of prescription drugs for some Americans By Lisa Gillespie Dec 11 Health Yarmuth-Backed Bill To Lower Drug Prices Up For A Vote Lisa Gillespie
Dec 10 Health Beshear Touches On Health Insurance, Drug Prices In Inaugural Address In his inaugural address, Gov. Andy Beshear addressed two of the core issues he campaigned on: health care insurance and the cost of drugs. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 10 Health Beshear Touches On Health Insurance, Drug Prices In Inaugural Address Lisa Gillespie
Dec 10 Health Study Shows Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust That Causes Black Lung The research is the first to specifically analyze long-term data on exposure to toxic silica dust for workers at surface mines. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 10 Health Study: Surface Coal Miners Are Exposed To Toxic Dust, Too Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Dec 9 Health Lawmakers Vote Against Kentucky Medicaid Contracts Bevin’s administration awarded contracts to five companies to administer Medicaid benefits, excluding Anthem of Kentucky and Passport Health. By Lisa Gillespie Dec 9 Health Lawmakers Vote Against Kentucky Medicaid Contracts Lisa Gillespie
Dec 9 Health Supreme Court Leaves Kentucky’s Ultrasound Law In Place The American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the law on behalf of Kentucky's lone remaining abortion clinic. By Associated Press Dec 9 Health Supreme Court Leaves Kentucky's Ultrasound Law In Place Associated Press