School nurses start getting scarcer, due to Medicaid problems
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Students in many Kentucky counties will find it harder to see a school nurse due to changes in the state Medicaid program and lack...
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By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Students in many Kentucky counties will find it harder to see a school nurse due to changes in the state Medicaid program and lack...
PE teacher Sharon Williams, right, leads morning exercises before classes start at Bells Elementary.(The State photo by Tim Dominick) With nearly two-thirds of South Carolina deemed overweight or worse, lucky...
Almost 110,000 teens and young adults in Kentucky are not enrolled in school and are not employed, even part-time, according to a new Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey...
The boys of North Marshall Middle School of Benton, Ky., after winning a Christmas tournament last year. Beth Musgrave of the Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the state Task Force on Interscholastic...
Fewer than 10 percent of Kentucky parents report that their child has everwalked or biked to school. When asked, only about one in four Kentucky parents describe the meals served...
Here’s some bad news for states like Kentucky, which are overwhelmingly white and have large shares of the population that did not graduate from high school: A new study “that...
Nearly two-thirds of adults in Kentucky will be obese by 2030 if rates continue to climb as they are now, an analysis reported Tuesday. The level of obesity, defined as...
(Photo by Tara Kaprowy for Kentucky Health News) By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News At every Girl Scouts meeting, Christmas concert, soccer field and swimming pool in Kentucky lies a...
With school back in session, it probably won’t be long before children are coming home with sniffles and sore throats. The average child gets six or more infections each year,...
More evidence shows students who have dental problems struggle more in school. A new study of almost 1,500 disadvantaged students in Los Angeles public schools found those who had had...