Tag: public health
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Facing budget shortfalls, many county and district health departments cut hours and staff
Reduced hours and staff will be the new reality for many health departments across Kentucky starting in July as they deal with funding shortages and changes. Though the total amount...
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Black lung affects Kentucky surface miners more than those in other states, CDC study finds and Courier-Journal reports
Photo by Getty Images. Nearly 4 percent of surface coal miners who work in Central Appalachia who were tested for a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Almost half of Americans did not receive routine preventive care before 2010, study finds
Los Angeles Times graphic by Mel Melcon Though preventive medicine is considered a cornerstone in improving health, nearly half of Americans did not receive routine preventive care before 2010, a...
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States with helmet laws have far fewer motorcycle-related deaths; Kentucky doesn’t require bikers to wear protective headgear
Petersburg (Tex.) Volunteer Fire Dept. photo “Fewer motorcyclists die in states that require helmets, and the costs to society are lower too,” reports Mike Stobbe for The Associated Press. About...
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Herald-Leader dislikes mental health agency’s ‘clubby glow’
In an editorial today, the Lexington Herald-Leader criticized the “clubby glow emanating from the inner circle” of the Bluegrass Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, whose financial status was featured in...
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Bluegrass mental-health nonprofit flush with cash, despite cuts in public health; spends big on executive pay and lobbying
The new Eastern State Hospital being built in Lexington. The Bluegrass Regional MH-MR Board runs the existing facilityand wants to run the new one. (Pablo Alcla, Herald-Leader) Despite deep cuts in...
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Injury prevention policies in Kentucky lacking, study finds
Kentucky scored a dismal 3 on a scale of 10 in a safety study that assessed states against the the top 10 injury indicators in the country. The state had...
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School nurses in Fayette cut as public-health dollars shrink
Takirah Sleet, 7, and school nurse Michelle Marra assess her lunch to manage Takirah’s diabetes. (H-L photo by Pablo Alcala) As public health and education dollars shrink, school nurses are caught in the...
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Measles is still around; rate in 2011 was highest in 15 years
Measles virus (Photo by Scott Camazine/CDC/Getty Images) In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared measles had been eliminated in the United States. But last year, the nation...
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This week is National Public Health Week; this year’s focus is on prevention and wellness
With a focus on prevention and wellness this year, the Kentucky Department of Public Health is promoting national Public Health Week, which kicked off yesterday and will be observed until...