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FDA approves first at-home test for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection on the rise
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS As cases of syphilis continue to increase across the nation and in Kentucky, the announcement of a new at-home syphilis test that was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is timely. “The rise in syphilis infection rates is a serious and alarming public health concern,” Dr.…
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Applications for AEDs accepted through Jan. 17
ASHLAND — Now in its fifth year, the AED Donation Program of King’s Daughters Health Foundation and King’s Daughters Auxiliary has provided more than 125 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to community organizations throughout the UK King’s Daughters service area. Applications for the 2024 program are open now through Jan. 17. AED awards will be announced…
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Bill to let advance-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own passes Senate
BY MELISSA PATRICK KENTUCKY HEALTH NEWS After years of debate and months of negotiations, a bill to create a path for Kentucky’s advanced-practice registered nurses to prescribe controlled substances independently has passed the state Senate and gone to the House on a 30-2-1 vote. Senate Bill 94 was the result of a compromise brokered by…
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