Category: HEALTH POLICY
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National Preparedness Month’s theme is ‘Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready for Disasters.’ Here are tips to help you be prepared.
Because emergencies and disasters can happen without notice, the stateDepartment for Public Health is offering tips on how to always be prepared in a campaign called “Prepared, Not Scared. Be Ready...
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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...