Day: April 21, 2022
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Free academy at Pikeville June 12-25 will introduce rising high-school seniors and juniors in Appalachian Kentucky to nursing
The regional development group Shaping our Appalachian Region and the state Department for Public Health’s Office of Health Equity are hosting the first Appalachian Nursing Academy June 12-25 at the University of Pikeville for rising juniors and...
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Kentucky highway fatalities rose again in 2021, by 3%; once more, most of those killed were not wearing their seat belt
Ky. Health News graph from state data shows fatalities not using a seat belt, and in which alcohol, speeding or aggressive driving, and distracted driving were involved, and the total...
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Kentucky gets $4.19 million to expand AmeriCorps work in public health, with the hope it will funnel more people into such work
Kentucky has received nearly $4.2 million to expand the public-health role of the AmeriCorps program in the state. The grant comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, last year’s pandemic relief...