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Webinar aims to change the narrative around the SNAP program
The next Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “Facts Over Fiction-Changing the Narrative Around SNAP Benefits.” It will be held Friday, ...
Author: Kentucky Health News Jessamine Journal
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Study looks at benefits and risks to popular weight-loss drugs; Kentucky leads nation in use of them
By Melissa Patrick and Liberty Gilbert Kentucky Health News Whether it is prescribed for diabetes or weight loss, Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have ...
by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, January 29, 2025 3:12 pm
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Medical marijuana is on the ballot in over 100 counties and cities across Kentucky
More than 100 cities and counties have opted for a ballot referendum in November that asks voters if they want to allow businesses to operate ...
by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 12:58 pm
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Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky have declined
Deaths from colorectal cancer in Appalachian Kentucky declined from 1999 to 2020, but far less than the rate of decline in the rest of the ...
by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, June 20, 2024 8:00 am
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Kentucky gets a ‘D’ grade on second annual report card on maternal mental health
Kentucky received a D grade on the second annual report from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, moving up from a D-minus in last ...
by Kentucky Health News, Friday, May 31, 2024 3:45 pm
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Immunization rates continue to fall in Kentucky
The immunization crisis in Kentucky is not just a Kentucky issue, but is happening nationwide. “It’s not going to take long before we see the ...
by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:04 pm
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Retailer Warby Parker penalized for letting Kentuckians take online vision test
Warby Parker, an online retailer of prescription glasses, contact lenses and sunglasses, has agreed to pay at least $55,200 to Kentucky for allowing 69 Kentuckians ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, May 13, 2024 5:14 pm
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Vaping, substance use spikes in Ky. schools
The number of drug, alcohol and tobacco events recorded by schools have increased in schools at all levels across Kentucky, according to data collected by ...
by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:49 pm
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Study: Social factors keep women from getting mammograms
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study says the more health-related social needs a woman has, the less likely she is to get a ...
by Kentucky Health News, Friday, April 19, 2024 4:44 pm
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Website helps Kentuckians find addiction help, Narcan
The state’s FindHelpNowKy.org website, which helps Kentuckians find addiction treatment, now also can help them find places to get naloxone, which reverses opioid overdose. The ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, March 18, 2024 12:34 pm
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