Tag: schools
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More health bills pass as legislative session ends; one would require doctor’s OK to play student athletes after concussions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several more health-related legislation passed in the final two days of the General Assembly’s session. House Bill 524, sponsored by Rep. Addia Wuchner, R-Florence,...
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Bill to make all Ky. schools tobacco-free is likely dead for this session; only 62 of the state’s 173 school districts ban tobacco
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — A bill that would ban tobacco use on school properties and at school events has all but died in the state...
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Helping parents understand kids’ body mass index can thwart obesity, but Kentucky doesn’t require BMI to be reported
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Parents are more likely to change their child’s lifestyle when schools provide educational materials along with the results of their child’s body mass index...
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Tobacco ban for public-school properties and activities heads to the House on 25-8 Senate vote
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The state Senate passed a bill Feb. 15 to ban the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on public-school properties...
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Bill to ban tobacco products from school property and activities heads to full Senate after change to satisfy school officials
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The idea of a statewide ban on smoking in workplaces has hit roadblocks in the General Assembly, but a bill to...
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Illnesses and possible flu outbreaks close schools for the week
Several counties throughout Kentucky have closed schools for the remainder of the week due to multiple illnesses “in response to what public health officials are calling a possible flu outbreak...
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Republican senators scale back statewide smoking-ban efforts to schools, where local officials ‘don’t want to be tobacco police’
Two Republican state senators who couldn’t make progress toward a statewide smoke-free law are shooting for a lesser goal: a ban on use of tobacco products on public school property...
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More students eat lunch and breakfast at schools where number of ‘food vulnerable’ students qualifies all for free meals
Students eat breakfast (U.S. Department of Agriculture photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A program that offers free meals to all students using federal money has increased lunch and breakfast participation...
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Head lice spread in Hopkins County elementary schools; committee of school staff and parents formed to tackle problem
Head lice are becoming a greater problem in elementary schools in Hopkins County, reports The Messenger, which published the numbers of cases reported at each school in the last four...
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Just over half of Ky. students are in schools with 100% tobacco-free policies; Warren, Russell county districts share successes
The state Department of Public Health has created videos to showcase the success of two Kentucky school districts in becoming 100 percent tobacco-free schools in hopes of encouraging other school districts...