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Several bills making their way through the Tennessee statehouse highlight the debate over law enforcement’s access to reproductive health care records.
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FRANKFORT — In a year when the American Cancer Society asked the Kentucky legislature to increase spending on tobacco prevention, lawmakers cut it and passed an anti-vaping bill that some say could increase cigarette use in the state.
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A Kentucky bill aims to ensure pharmaceutical companies give eligible hospitals a discount on medications through a federal program. It has bipartisan support.
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Nonprofit groups and local officials brought together community members this weekend in Quilt City USA to honor victims of HIV/AIDS.
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A Kentucky House committee voted in favor of a bill Thursday that would make it harder for residents to qualify for SNAP benefits.
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Independent pharmacies in Kentucky have been closing by the bunch in recent years. It’s not for lack of people needing prescriptions or choosing to get their medicine at chain stores, though.
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A proposal that would make it a felony to help teens get abortions passed out of its first committee hearing Tuesday in Tennessee.
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A bipartisan plan to expand health care access and education for new mothers cleared a Kentucky House committee Thursday.
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Twenty-one Kentucky lawmakers are sponsoring legislation to make fluoride optional in the state’s drinking water systems. The legislation overwhelmingly passed a committee vote Thursday.
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More than 43,000 Tennesseans are expected to be diagnosed with cancer this year, according to new projections by the American Cancer Society which placed the Volunteer State among the top ten in the country for rates of the most common forms of the disease.
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Legislators in Kentucky's House of Representatives are considering a bill that would remove out-of-pocket costs for follow-up diagnostic breast exams, as well as supplemental breast exams when medically necessary.
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A House bill unanimously passed out of a committee yesterday (Thursday) will enable Kentucky pharmacies to continue vaccinating children ages 5-17 with parental or guardian consent.