Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Kentucky Oral Health Coalition will host a regional meeting on oral health July 29 in Hazard
July 27, 2016: An updated graphic sent by Kentucky Voices for Health has been added. The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition and its partners from across the state will host a...
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Cabinet says kinks are worked out of the state’s new public benefit system, but Republican lawmaker calls for contract review
Health officials assured lawmakers on Thursday that they had worked through the issues that led to the rocky rollout of the state’s new public benefit system, but lawmakers pushed back...
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Congress leaves for summer without funding Zika fight; McConnell and Reid trade barbs of blame
Congress left Washington for a summer recess without providing any more money to fight the spread of the Zika virus that causes birth defects. “In what has become a familiar...
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Third annual Ky. hepatitis conference scheduled July 26 in Lexington; Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting set July 28 in Hazard
Kentucky, which leads the nation in hepatitis C infections, will have its third annual hepatitis conference July 26 in Lexington, followed by a Hepatitis C Town Hall Meeting in Hazard...
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Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 toward improving the health of Kentuckians
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky invested more than $3.1 million in 2015 to help communities and health policy advocates improve the health of Kentuckians, according to its annual report....
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Region served by Lexington hospitals ranks low in health but beats expectations in lowering rates of uninsured
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The region served by Lexington hospitals, most of the eastern half of Kentucky, has the worst health ranking of any such area in the...
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Area served by Paducah hospitals was among nation’s most improved health regions from 2011 to 2014, data indicate
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Paducah hospitals is among the nation’s most improved in the last few years, according to data compiled...
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Owensboro health-care region ranks as healthiest of five such regions with their major hospitals in Kentucky
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Owensboro hospitals is the best of any hospital referral region based in Kentucky. So says data compiled...
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Region served by Louisville hospitals gets slightly higher health ranking but remains among poor performers
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Louisville hospitals appears to have increased slightly over the past few years but remains well below average....
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Northern Kentucky hospital region’s health ranking remains below national average and Cincinnati’s
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The health of the region served by Covington hospitals remained below the national average in 2014. So says data compiled by The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation that...