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Study: 42% of dual smoker-vapers quit vaping early and kept on smoking; 10% quit both; 15% went back to using both

Adults who vape and smoke at the same time are likely to continue smoking in the long run, counter to the electronic-cigarette industry’s message that vaping can help current smokers...

By Heather Close Published January 12, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH

Senate President Robert Stivers, leading foe of medical cannabis in Kentucky, suggests he could be for it in end-of life cases

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Senate President Robert Stivers suggested Monday night that he might be willing to approve medical marijuana in Kentucky on a very limited basis,...

By Heather Close Published January 10, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Covid-19 cases up nearly 76% in Ky.; hospital numbers inched up

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported a nearly 76 percent increase in new coronavirus cases last week, and hospital numbers inched up. The state Department for Public Health‘s...

By Heather Close Published January 10, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Pfizer’s $1 million leads big corporate givers to state Republican Party’s building fund, which has no limits on contributions

By Tom Loftus, for Kentucky Lantern FRANKFORT, Ky. – In what may be the largest political contribution ever given to a political party in Kentucky, the drug maker Pfizer Inc....

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Flu cases are on the decline in Kentucky, but still too high and the season runs through May; it’s not too late to get your flu shot

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza cases in Kentucky declined in each of the last four weeks of 2022, but Gov. Andy Beshear said cases are still too high...

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

FDA OKs Alzheimer’s drug, which may not be available soon, and carries some risks; UK testing on patients with marker of disease

Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug that has been found to help people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and is being...

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, YOUR HEALTH

Opinion: Covid-19 is mutating and apparently winning, so we need to take preventive measures well beyond vaccinations

By Kevin Kavanagh There is no such thing as “herd immunity” for Covid-19. In this context it is a concept as antiquated as “the Earth is flat.” The theory was...

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Kentucky counties and cities get first installment of money from national opioid settlements, now must decide how to spend it

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s cities and counties have received their first installment of the state’s money from the national opioid settlement, most of which must be used...

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says most of Ky. has medium risk of Covid-19 transmission; flu rates remain high; Beshear urges vaccinations and boosters

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the number of Kentucky counties with a high risk of Covid-19 transmission went down by two on the latest federal risk map, the...

By Heather Close Published January 9, 2023 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

S.C. high court is first in U.S. since Roe repeal to find abortion right in state constitution; Idaho says no; Ky. case still pending

The South Carolina Supreme Court has become the first to find a right to abortion in a state constitution since the U.S. Supreme Court said last June that there is...

By Heather Close Published January 6, 2023 FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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