Tag: newspapers
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Man with heavy chicken pox and recent foreign travel prompts Danville hospital to close ER, say very little to local newspaper
Police guard emergency area. (Advocate-Messenger photo) An adult patient with a heavy case of chicken pox and a recent history of international travel prompted Ephraim McDowell Memorial Hospital in Danville...
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Adair paper’s health section is latest to appear in edition sent to all postal patrons; most stories are from Kentucky Health News
Kentucky newspapers appear to be publishing more special sections on health, supported by advertising from health-care providers. They often putting the sections into sample-copy editions that are mailed to all...
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CVS Health leaves U.S. Chamber over lobbying for tobacco in foreign countries; Paducah editor calls lobbying ‘thick-headed’
CVS Health announced it would end its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over reports that the Chamber had lobbied foreign governments to ease restrictions on tobacco sales, Jacob...
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Herald-Leader reporter wins Nieman fellowship to study at Harvard; her goal is to help other papers cover Obamacare
Photo by Pablo Alcala,Lexington Herald-Leader Mary Meehan, a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman fellows at Harvard University. She is one of...
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Kentucky’s suicide rate is above the national average; experts say we need to ignore the stigma and become educated about it
Kentucky’s suicide rate is higher than the national average, and an expert says we must create an open dialogue about it and provide more education if we want this rate...
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Burgin, in heart of Kentucky, is state’s 40th school district to go tobacco-free; ban, won by students, applies to vapor products
Burgin Independent Schools, in the heart of Kentucky, will be the latest 100 percent tobacco-free schools in the state, and the first in Mercer County, which has a strong tobacco...
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Fate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion
Just like country grocery stores in rural areas often have to close because community members drive past them to chain stores to save a few cents, rural hospitals will also...
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Harrodsburg Herald, a weekly newspaper, does three-part series on tobacco issues in Mercer County and statewide
In a state where more than one of every four adults smoke, tobacco is an issue in every county, but it’s rare for weekly newspapers to take a detailed look...
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At least 14 counties had vaccination rates in 2011-12 below level experts say is needed to protect kindergartners from measles
As concern about the spread of measles from lack of vaccination grows, many Kentucky counties probably have vaccination rates below the minimum that experts say is needed to create “herd...
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Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?
Commentary by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun’s editorial on Jan. 20 said the Obama administration has overstepped its bounds by expecting child day-care centers to follow stricter nutrition standards....