Author: Melissa Patrick
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UK’s Rural Public Health Scholars program aims to increase rural workforce
By Jonathan Greene University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky College of Public Health has launched a Rural Public Health Scholars program, an initiative designed to prepare undergraduate students for careers...
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Most Kentucky hospitals in national patient-safety ratings got ‘C’ grades again; state ranks 36th in share of hospitals with ‘A’ ratings
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of the Kentucky hospitals graded on a nonprofit group’s twice-a-year report card for patient safety got a C again in the latest report....
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Kentucky Youth Advocates’ Opioid Data Dashboard has new county-level data; offers June 4 webinar on how to leverage data
Kentucky Health News Kentucky Youth Advocates‘ new Opioid Data Dashboard now has county-level data, and KYA is offering a webinar to help local leaders learn how to put this data...
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Kentucky to receive more than $1.5 million for its Recovery Housing Program
Kentucky Health News Kentucky is set to receive $1,501,532 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for its Recovery Housing Program, U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced May 12....
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$1 billion in federal cuts to programs that connect farmers, schools and food banks puts programs at risk
By Ella Denton Kentucky Health News Throughout the years, farmers have produced crops that feed the nation. But just five minutes away from these farms, families are going to bed...
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Hard choices face Kentucky Republican tasked with recommending Medicaid cuts
By Jamie Lucke, Sarah Ladd and McKenna Horsley Kentucky Lantern As U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie prepares to lead a debate on the future of Medicaid, his home state of Kentucky...
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Free Count the Kicks app aims to improve maternal health and birth outcomes for Kentucky families
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A free Count the Kicks app will allow expectant parents to track their baby’s movements in the third trimester of pregnancy, a measure that...
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Central Kentucky EMS agencies to begin carrying blood
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Blood Center has partnered with four emergency medical service agencies in Central Kentucky to allow them to begin carrying whole blood. “Pre-hospital...
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Worsening allergies aren’t your imagination − windy days create the perfect pollen storm
By Christine Cairns Fortuin The Conversation Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a way. One of those ways creates...
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UK launches NIH grant public awareness campaign on social media, says not related to threats to funding
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has launched a video series to highlight how National Institutes of Health grant-funded research drives the university’s role in advancing...