Tag: infant mortality
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Ky. inches up in national health ranking, due to more coverage, HPV vaccination; but at 44th, it still has much work to do
Graphics are from America’s Health Ranking report By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranked in the bottom 10 states for 12 of the 34 measures ranked by the 2015...
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Anthem gives hospital group grant to improve perinatal care, including discouraging early, medically unnecessary deliveries
The foundation of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has awarded nearly $259,000 to an arm of the Kentucky Hospital Association to improve perinatal care and outcomes for mothers and their babies by...
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Winter can be risky time for infants if ‘safe sleep practices’ are not followed, health department says; here are several safety tips
Practicing “safe sleep practices” and creating a safe environment for your baby could mean the difference between life and death during these cold winter months, the state Department for Public...
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FDA changes painkiller labels to warn expectant mothers, after 2,500% growth in number of Ky. babies born addicted to drugs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday drug-safety labeling changes and new post-market study requirements for all extended-release and long-acting opioids, and Kentucky political leaders applauded these measures to...
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Petition drive from parents asks UK Healthcare to release mortality rates for cardiothoracic surgeries on children
More than 250 people have signed a petition asking the University of Kentucky hospital “to make public the mortality rates for pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients from 2010, 2011 and 2012,”...
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Kentucky doctor honored for her work in bolstering health and preventing deaths of babies born a few weeks early
A Kentucky neonatalogist was honored this week for giving the state “a role in catalyzing a national movement around healthier babies.” Ruth Ann Shepherd, M.D., division director for maternal and...
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Study estimates that secondhand smoke kills 42,000 Americans a year, and 900 of those are babies
More bad news for smokers and those who love them: A report out this week in the American Journal of Public Health says secondhand smoke is accountable for 42,000 deaths...
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Infant mortality, pre-term birth, teenage pregnancy, children living in smokers’ homes all drop even as as child poverty goes up
Nationwide, the rates of infants who die, babies who are born prematurely, teens who are having babies, and the percentage of young children who live in a home where someone...
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Appalachian Regional Commission conference in Prestonsburg Sept. 7-9 to focus on improving access to health care
Featuring the insight of 42 federal, state and local health experts, officials and community leaders, the Appalachian Regional Commission‘s Healthy Families: Healthy Future conference will be held Sept. 7-9 in...