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McCracken County student who got hooked on e-cigs, then fought for limits on them, is named a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– The point man in a lawsuit that blocked changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program has been honored for his work by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Rich Seckel,...
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Employee of convenience-store chain named Ky. Healthy Policy Champion for helping prevent tobacco sales to underage buyers
Albert Gray —– Albert Gray of Five Star Food Marts has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for his contributions to preventing the sale of tobacco products to underage consumers of...
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Director of UK Center for Excellence in Rural Health named Kentucky Health Policy Champion for her work in rural health care
Fran Feltner —– Fran Feltner, director of the University of Kentucky‘s Center for Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard, has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for her “trailblazing” work to improve...
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Louisville Urban League president Reynolds named Healthy Ky. Policy Champion for working to reduce racial inequities in health
Sadiqa Reynolds —– Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League, has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for working to reduce racial inequities in health and other...
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McConnell torpedoes emerging bipartisan deal for pandemic relief, leaving Congress where it’s been for months: stuck
McConnell on Dec. 8 (Pool photo by Greg Nash via AP) —– “An emerging $900 billion Covid-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday after Senate...
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Health foundation names Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News reporter, one of several Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions
Melissa Patrick —– Melissa Patrick, the only staff reporter for Kentucky Health News, is one of several Kentuckians named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion this month by the Foundation for a...
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OPINION: Governor, legislative leaders need to collaborate
Gov. Andy Beshear and (clockwise) House Speaker David Osborne, Senate President Robert Stivers, House Minority Leader Joni Jenkins, Senate Minority Ldr. Morgan McGarvey —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Forward I...
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Kentucky’s contact-tracing program lacks specific data sought by Beshear’s critics; he says its main purpose is to prevent disease
Terrie Burgan traces contacts for the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. (Photo by Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal) —– When Gov. Andy Beshear shut down indoor dining in restaurants and bars to...
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Washington Post story on nursing homes and the pandemic highlights the case of a Kentucky staffer who died of covid-19
Michelle Thompson —– A Kentucky nursing-home worker who died of covid-19 after volunteering to care for patients with the disease figures prominently in a national story about long-term-care facilities, their...