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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Friday, April 14, 2017
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courts
drug abuse
drug prevention
drug treatment
narcotics
obituaries
state government
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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Saturday, April 1, 2017
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courts
death
drug abuse
medical examiners
narcotics
politics
state government
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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women's health
Thursday, March 30, 2017
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General Assembly
governor
legislation
legislature
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mental health
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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