Category: FEATURED
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Kentucky had nation’s third largest increase in 2016-18 in percentage of children under 6 without health insurance
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Over the past two years, Kentucky saw the third largest increase in the nation for the percentage of children under 6 years of age...
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Bill would create first-aid training program for mental-health and substance-use crises; hope is to make it as common as CPR
Rep. Moser explains mental-health first aid. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has been pre-filed by state Rep....
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Dollar General plans to open 1,000 stores in 2020; some worry they contribute to poor nutrition in rural areas
Dollar General Corp., one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, has announced it will open 1,000 new stores in 2020, just as it did last year. That’s on top...
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E-cigarette use among nation’s youth up 39% from last year; Fayette County school board votes to sue e-cig companies
National Youth Tobacco Survey graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Teenagers’ use of electronic cigarettes continues to surge, increasing to more than 5 million in 2019 from 3.6...
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Researchers find mental health of parents matters when it comes to child obesity; study also examined role of income and rurality
As more of the nation’s children become overweight or obese, especially in rural areas, researchers are beginning to look beyond some of the known causes, like inactivity and a poor diet,...
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Pharmacies could help get more teens vaccinated for a virus that causes sex-related cancers, in which Kentucky leads the nation
Alabama Department of Public Health —– There’s a vaccine for a virus that causes sex-related cancer, but rural teens are less likely to get it or know about it. Rural pharmacies could...
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Bullitt County schools to sue Juul, alleging it created e-cigarette epidemic that has cost schools money and instructional time
Bullitt Central High School Principal Joe Pat Lee watches students arrive on opening day. (BCPS photo) —– The Bullitt County school board voted Nov. 25 to sue Juul Labs and other manufacturers of...
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Juul Labs used research that tobacco-cigarette manufacturers wanted to use to get young people to become addicted to nicotine
In this screenshot of an April 2016 video, recently removed from YouTube, a co-founder of Juul Labs, James Monsees, presents an R.J. Reynolds research memo (YouTube image via Los Angeles Times) —– In developing...
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Kentucky state senator taken aback by ‘shoutfest’ in White House between electronic-cigarette interests and their foes
State Sen. Julie Raque Adams speaks in the White House Nov. 22 as President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar listen. (Image from White House video, via WDRB-TV)...
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Substance abuse drives decrease in life expectancy in U.S., Ky.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Americans are dying younger, and Kentucky is a big part of that. The most basic measurement of a population’s health, life expectancy at birth,...