Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Jamie Ennis Bloyd of Lexington, advocate for work on childhood cancer, is named latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has named Jamie Ennis Bloyd, who has worked at both the state and national level to advance research and policies for childhood cancer prevention, treatment and...
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Kentucky public health nurses and administrative staff travel to North Carolina to help people displaced by Hurricane Dorian
A team of Kentucky public-health nurses are on their way to North Carolina to provide medical support in local shelters filled by Hurricane Dorian for about two weeks, said the...
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State health officials ask health-care providers to report cases of any lung problems related to e-cigarettes; they plan to investigate
State health officials will be working closely with health-care providers, local health departments and federal health officials to gather information and investigate any cases of severe pulmonary disease related to...
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86 percent of Kentucky’s school districts have already adopted tobacco-free polices, ahead of state law with opt-out provision
Only 24 of Kentucky’s 172 school districts, or 14 percent, have not passed a tobacco-free policy that mirrors a new state law that will take effect next July 1, according...
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After 2018 tax hike, cigarette sales in Ky. dropped 10%, more than the national decline; bill would tax e-cigs, sales of which are rising
The tax hike made cigarettes noticeably more expensive in Kentucky than in Indiana and Tennessee, and narrowed price differentials with Ohio and West Virginia; that may have reduced Kentucky sales....
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Skyrocketing cost of insulin examined by legislative committee and research showing cost makes patients ration the hormone
Advocates called on state lawmakers to find a way to make insulin more affordable, with several of them telling an all-too-common story of how they must ration their supplies because...
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State approves lower overall rates and expanded area for one Obamacare insurer, lowers rate-hike request of the other one
Insurance Department maps, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on either for a larger version. —– Federally subsidized health insurance in Kentucky next year will cost more or less than...
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Tobacco-free-schools law for 2020 prompts 57 more districts to adopt policy, making a strong majority; newbies can get free signs
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A statewide smoking ban in Kentucky schools is still almost a year away, but passage of it appears to have prompted...
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UK Extension Service teaches life skills such as nutrition in drug-treatment facilities; 10 counties have grants for gardens
Freeman discusses ways clients and families can eat healthier. (Photo by Steve Patton, UK Agricultural Communications) —– By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Program assistants and agents with...
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Health foundation offers four new public service announcements about dangers of teen e-cig use; offers them free to anyone
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released four new public service announcements to show the dangers of using e-cigarettes for youth. The announcements are part of the foundation’s “I Just Didn’t...