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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is allowing Kentucky residents use of its Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – known as D-SNAP – for those recovering from severe weather on May 16th.
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Proposed cuts in federal healthcare spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act could force more than 250,000 Tennesseans to join the ranks of the uninsured, an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found.
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Kentucky is reporting a 30.2% drop in drug overdose deaths in 2024. The new report is giving state leaders a surge of confidence that prevention and treatment efforts are making progress against an addiction epidemic.
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Rural Tennesseans already have limited access to labor and delivery services, and a recent study shows the problem could get worse.
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As a national coalition aims to reduce overdose deaths in Black communities, one Louisville mother is turning her grief into advocacy to increase awareness.
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Tennessee physicians and insurance companies could soon deny patients certain medical treatments that go against the providers' moral or religious beliefs under a bill now headed to the governor’s desk.
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After the Kentucky GOP passed more anti-transgender laws, trans Kentuckians are supporting each other and speaking out about the harm they say lawmakers are causing.
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A federal judge temporarily stopped a Trump administration attempt to end billions in COVID-era health grants that would affect addiction supports, community health worker funding and childhood vaccination programs.
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The Planned Parenthood regional affiliate serving Kentucky announced the launch of its new Kentucky Virtual Health Center offering reproductive and sexual healthcare options to residents across the Bluegrass State.
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The Kentucky General Assembly just enacted its first substantial update to the state's abortion ban since that law took effect in 2022.
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After the Trump administration gave notice to Kentucky’s health department this week they were cancelling nearly $150 million in grants, Beshear said he would fight to maintain funding.
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Republicans say new legislation clarifies when life-saving abortions are legal. But it adds anti-abortion language and could subject doctors to tougher scrutiny in court.