Tag: children
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More N. Ky. kids taken from homes due to parents’ drug use
An increasing number of children in Greater Cincinnati are being taken from their homes because their parents are drug users. In Campbell County, Kentucky, 68 children were removed from their...
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Kentucky teens under 18 among least likely to drink alcohol, but binge drinking among them is nearly the national average
About 6 percent (709,000 of 12 million) of U.S. children aged 12 to 14 drank alcohol in 2009, and nearly half got their drinks from their own home, according to...
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State’s Tobacco Quit Line is now available to users aged 15-17
The state Tobacco Quit Line will now offer counseling services to Kentuckians aged 15 to 17 to help them give up cigarettes or other tobacco products. The line had been...
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Foundation matches Social Innovation Fund money to create grants for improving health services in seven Kentucky counties
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced four equal Social Innovation Fund grants totaling $1 million to improve access to health services, reduce health risks and disparities, and promote health equity...
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Monthly magazine for children in K-3 promotes healthy lifestyles
Every Kentucky student in kindergarten to third grades is getting a free subscription to Fit4Fun, a reader that, through entertaining means, encourages children to lead healthy lifestyles. The publication is...
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More Kentucky children are insured under KCHIP, Medicaid; groups commend effort, ask for improvements
In the two years since the national Children’s Health Insurance Program was reauthorized, about 51,700 children have been enrolled in Kentucky CHIP and Medicaid. Three advocacy groups — Covering Kentucky...
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Woodford County coalition formed to improve dental health
The Woodford County Oral Health Coalition has partnered with nine local dentists to give free dental care to 16 elementary students in the Woodford County public school system. On Jan....
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Wal-Mart says it will make store-brand food healthier, cut prices for fruits and vegetables to encourage consumption
Wal-Mart has announced plans to drop its prices on fruit and vegetables and offer packaged foods with lower salt, fat and sugar contents. The company’s efforts are the result of...
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Republican lawmaker, a nurse and former hospital boss, offers bills to help children’s health, gets criticism from tea-party types
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A Republican legislator from Northern Kentucky is proposing several bills that she says would improve children’s health, defending herself from criticism by conservative bloggers who...
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Health officials to immunize child-care workers for whooping cough, which is making a comeback
Amid a rash of whooping-cough cases, Northern Kentucky health officials will immunize child-care workers against the disease. The effort is to help stop the infection, also known as pertussis, from...