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Bardstown newspaper's editorial criticizes one-for-one mandate for state-funded syringe exchanges
New syringes with clean needles State and local officials need to get politics out of public health when it comes to establishing and fundin...
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At town hall in Benton, U.S. Rep. James Comer defends and explains his vote for House Republican health-care legislation
UPDATE, May 21: The Washington Post 's Chico Harlan has a more detailed report on Comer's town halls in Benton, Albany, Edmonton an...
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Anti-smoking expert: Cigarettes kill 8,900 Kentuckians a year, so it's time to raise cigarette tax and pass statewide smoking ban
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News "Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death that we know of," Ellen Hahn, direc...
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Senate Health and Welfare Chair Julie Raque Adams, a Republican moderate from Louisville, had a banner session
Sen. Julie Raque Adams By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The term "public servant" comes to mind when state Sen. Julie Raque...
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Foundation plans to be more active against tobacco, since it is the cause of many of Kentucky's health problems
As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won't even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Heal...
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Support for statewide smoking ban rises to 71%
Seventy-one percent of Kentucky adults favor a statewide smoking ban, up 17 percentage points since the Kentucky Health Issues Poll began as...
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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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