Tag: children
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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...
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Legislator wants ban on caffeinated energy drinks
Kentucky teenagers will have to be 18 in order to buy high-caffeine energy drinks if state Rep. Danny Ford, R-Mount Vernon, has his way. The lawmaker, left, told The Associated...