Author: Al Cross
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Kentucky public-health nurses in N.C. helping deal with Florence
Commissioner Jeffrey Howard, far right, posed with the team headed to North Carolina. Back row, L-R: Nancy Hamilton (Department for Public Health), Sherita Hall (Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness), Christopher Smith (Lexington-Fayette...
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State’s high-school obesity rate goes up; hope is in pre-school numbers, which have dropped; adult obesity rate is 8th in U.S.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s high-school students have been getting fatter, but obesity among preschoolers in the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program has been dropping, according to the latest...
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Brief therapy sessions can greatly improve mental health of women caring for children with severe health issues, U of L finds
Lynne Hall, Dr.P.H., R.N. (University of Louisville photo) — Just a little therapy can greatly improve the mental health of women who are overwhelmed by caring for children with severe health...
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Four years into Obamacare, Kentucky’s uninsured rate leveled out, and probably rose. Why? It depends on whom you ask
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the fourth full year since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was implemented, the percentage of Kentuckians without health insurance remained about...
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Pilot program, ‘community paramedicine,’ reduces ambulance runs to ‘super-utilizers’ and gives them appropriate care
Kentucky has several “community paramedicine” pilot programs that allow specially trained paramedics to visit the homes of patients who frequently use the ambulance service to be taken to the emergency...
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About 100 Anderson Co. students out of school until they get hepatitis A vaccine; state sees ‘overall good compliance’ in Ky.
Nearly 100 students had to stay home from school in Anderson County this week because they were not compliant with the state’s new hepatitis A vaccination requirement, Ben Carlson reports for The Anderson...
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Fayette County becomes 11th Kentucky county to recommend that all its residents be vaccinated for hepatitis A
As the number of hepatitis A cases continues to climb in Kentucky, health officials in Fayette County are recommending all Lexington residents get vaccinated, Mike Stunson and Karla Ward report for the Lexington...
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Study shows Kentucky ranks fifth for daily electronic cigarette use, which translates to about 80,000 daily vapers in the state
From 2012 to 2014, Kentucky ranked fifth for daily use of electronic cigarettes and was among the top 10 states for current use, which includes occasional use, Darla Carter reports for Insider Louisville. That...
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This is Suicide Prevention Week; mother-lawyer-nurse says we can prevent it among children by building their resilience
By Kate Hendrickson Community columnist, Lexington Herald-Leader Another parent has lost a child — this time a fourth-grader — to suicide. Appallingly, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for children in...
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Op-ed calls for smoking bans to include e-cigs and for an e-cig tax to decrease teen use; new e-cigs are easy for teens to hide
A used package of Juul cartridges, found on a Frankfort sidewalk. (Photo by Al Cross) As students head back to school and concerns about their increasing use of a new electronic...