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HealthThe Vine Grove Police Department is home to Kentucky’s first Narcan vending machine. The nasal spray is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
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Kentucky and other states will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, and the Drug Enforcement Administration is…
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President Donald Trump has called the opioid crisis a national health emergency, ravaging Appalachian states like Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio.…
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Kentucky's Republican governor cannot force a law firm to give back $4 million it got for negotiating a settlement on behalf of the state with the maker…
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Some Kentucky and southern Indiana physicians have been charged in what U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions calls the largest health care fraud takedown…
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A former Monroe County physician is headed to prison for over-prescribing pain medicine that resulted in patient deaths. Clella Hayes was sentenced…
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A new study says prescriptions for commonly abused medications and doctor-shopping by pill seekers have decreased since Kentucky passed legislation…
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A Kentucky Congressman is pushing legislation to force the withdrawal of a powerful painkiller from the market.Somerset Republican Hal Rogers says the…
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An eastern Kentucky official has announced a settlement in a lawsuit over the drug OxyContin.The Appalachian News-Express cited a statement from Pike…
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Much-called-for changes to Kentucky's prescription drug law are on their way to the governor.The Senate on Monday passed the final version of a bill that…