Report shows race and ethnicity matter when it comes to health
When it comes to health, your race and ethnicity matter, says a recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky report. A study of federal and state polling data found that multiracial...
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When it comes to health, your race and ethnicity matter, says a recent Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky report. A study of federal and state polling data found that multiracial...
Photo: Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader A pilot program that gave Lexington-area employees money to spend on fresh, local produce boosted their health and local agriculture, Janet Patton reports for the...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Children and teens should consume no more than six teaspoons of added sugars a day and drink no more than one 8-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage...
The only abortion clinic in the eastern half of Kentucky will remain closed while it appeals the state’s closure of it to the state Supreme Court. The court denied a...
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration formally submitted its revised Medicaid plan to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell Aug. 24, leaving largely unchanged...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Matt Bevin has joined a lawsuit that challenges a federal rule guaranteeing transgender people equal treatment by insurers and medical providers. “Not only...
As the new school year begins, several Kentucky schools are working to increase student movement, with one elementary school in Louisville investing in a programs to increase student movement in...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Choosing a nursing home is a daunting task and often done in the middle of a crisis, but it doesn’t have to be if...
By Trudy Lieberman Rural Health News Service Recently a tweet from Lauren Sausser, a fine health reporter I know in South Carolina, caught my eye. “Crazy drug prices became personal....