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Picnic season has arrived, which calls for extra food-safety steps; CDC offers four rules to follow: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
CDC graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Summer picnic and barbecue season is in full swing, which also means it’s the season for an uptick in the number...
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McConnell bill to raise tobacco age to 21 passes first hurdle, without controversial provision requiring states to follow suit
This story has been updated to correct an error. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s bill to raise from 18 to 21 the nationwide...
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At opioid summit, Chamber urges employers to update policies, continues lobbying to reduce penalties for simple possession
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President and CEO David Adkisson spoke at the Chamber’s opioid summit. —– The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is calling on the state’s business community to update its drug and...
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Tick-borne disease in Ky. is relatively rare, but does occur; best defense against these tiny disease-carrying vectors is prevention
Top three tick posters from a contest held by the Kentucky Department of Public Health and Northern Kentucky Health Department, which attracted more than 700 entries (Click on it for...
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Study: Medicaid work rules caused coverage losses, no job gains in Arkansas; argument continues about what would happen in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study led by experts at Harvard University found that work requirements in Medicaid, like those proposed in Kentucky, resulted in thousands of people in Arkansas...
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Ky. children among least vaccinated for cancer causing human papillomavirus; state has highest rate of HPV-related cancers
Did you know there’s a vaccine that can prevent certain types of cancer? Many Kentuckians don’t know. As part of a statewide effort to educate them, a Bardstown woman told...
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Medicare cuts 19 Kentucky hospitals 1% for patient-safety issues; two in Louisville have been been penalized five years straight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo —– The federal government is penalizing 19 Kentucky hospitals, nine more than last year, for falling short on patient safety in the fiscal...
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UK nurse creates Farm Dinner Theater as a way to remind farmers of safe practices; has some unexpected benefits
A University of Kentucky nursing professor has come up with a novel way to remind farmers about farm safety: dinner theater. At Farm Dinner Theater, farmers watch each other perform funny skits...
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Foundation says its 6-year, 7-county effort to help communities tackle health issues can be a model for the rest of the state
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky map of recently finished “Investing in Kentucky’s Future” program —– If more Kentucky communities tackled their health issues as communities, the overall health of the...
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Six Kentucky nursing homes are on a formerly unpublished list of 400 poor performers around the nation
Of the six Kentucky facilities on the poor-performers list, only Twin Rivers Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Owensboro is getting additional oversight. (Photo from the Owensboro Times) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...