Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky lists 2014 grants
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has provided more than $1.3 million in 2014 for community programs, polling and policy initiatives to not only advise policymakers but also advocate for...
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Kentucky’s ranking for births to females aged 15 to 19 is going up, and five students at Casey County High School are pregnant. A joint baby shower for them during...
A recent report by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry showed that cavities are the most chronic disease for young children in the U.S. More than 40 percent of children...
The percentage of adults under the age of 65 who do not have health insurance decreased by double digits in approximately half of Kentucky’s counties, says Enroll America, which released...
The new nutrition rules for school meals have led some students to throw away food they’re served. Schools across the country are estimated to waste $1.2 billion worth of food...
Health professionals have used telemedicine to help delay Alzheimer’s disease and reduce hearing loss in Appalachia, especially among children. Now the new approach is helping students access health care, and mental-health...
This story was updated Monday, Oct. 13 Several days ago, Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. He didn’t appear to be ill during his...
Though the obesity epidemic shows signs of stabilizing, it still carries national security risks—negatively affecting education, agriculture and transportation—and public policy change can incredibly important in reducing obesity, Richard Hamburg,...
The state Department for Public Health has issued a “call for action” to fight childhood obesity, a long-term health burden in which Kentucky continually ranks in the top 10 among states,...
Five children in the Louisville region were recently hospitalized with E. coli bacterial infections, and all had consumed unpasteurized milk, state health agencies found. Investigators have not yet proven that raw...