Legal battle over Kentucky's only abortion clinic widens; state imposes emergency rules, Planned Parenthood joins suit

State officials have filed emergency regulations "that some abortion providers say are designed to shut them down," The Associated...

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Southern Ky. doctor charged with illegal prescriptions that feds say caused 3 deaths; another will serve a year on similar charges

One Southern Kentucky physician was sentenced this month to a year and a day in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to five people,...

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After their child died from a drug overdose, a Kentucky family joined those who are choosing to tell the truth about addiction

By Traci Thomas Kentucky Health News The obituary for Katherine Bryant Reynolds, published in the April 5  Lexington Herald-Leader , was eng...

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Medical examiner quits, then stays; was in dispute over resources, autopsy delays, hiring of former legislator to run office

Photo illustration from WKYT-TV Dr. William Ralston quit his job as the state's chief medical examiner Friday "over frustrations in...

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Kentucky's last abortion clinic says Bevin is trying to shut it down, gets restraining order

Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky's onl...

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Without dissent, General Assembly overrides governor's veto of bill allowing courts to require outpatient mental-health treatment

Mental-health advocates lobbied for "Tim's Law" outside the state Senate chamber on March 29.  (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By M...

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