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As pensions threaten school-nurse programs, schools can get new Medicaid money for both physical and behavioral health-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many of Kentucky's school districts have long struggled to pay for school nurses, let alone p...
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Kentucky leads the way on many opioid-related efforts, and was well-represented at the four-day drug abuse summit in Atlanta-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky officials, researchers and clinicians were front and center at the eighth annual nationa...
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Effort mounted to find and treat hepatitis C, which is spreading; most people who have it probably don't know they have it-HEALTHYLIVE

"A multimillion-dollar effort to fight hepatitis C  was introduced Thursday in Louisville with the help of Gov. Matt Bevin as well as m...
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Kentucky teens' use of electronic cigarettes and vapes doubled from 2016 to 2018, and is higher than national rates, survey finds-HEALTHYLIVE

Use of electronic cigarettes and vapes, tracked since 2014, is shown by the blue lines. By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky...
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E. coli outbreak spreads, but may be slowing down-HEALTHYLIVE

The outbreak of E. coli infection centered in Kentucky has spread to nine other states, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
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Health foundation creates public service announcements about dangers of teen e-cigarette use and offers them free to anyone-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News An explosion of electronic-cigarette use by Kentucky teenagers has prompted the launch of a state...
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Walgreens will raise age for tobacco sales to 21 on Sept. 1-HEALTHYLIVE

Photo by Mike Mozart " Walgreens has decided to raise its minimum age for tobacco sales several weeks after a top federal o...
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Smoke-free advocates say such policies are often more palatable if part of a wellness campaign and to include smokers at the table-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If you're trying to win passage of smoke-free policies in communities that have been resistan...
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Report offers five strategies to fight opioid epidemic in Appalachia; central part of region had high death rate from overdoses-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The third report in a series that offers "replicable best practices" for Appalachian co...
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UK gets $87 million federal grant to reduce opioid-overdose deaths in 16 counties by 40 percent in the next four years-HEALTHYLIVE

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Kentucky  up to $87 million over the next four years, with the goal of re...
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Report offers Appalachian residents four strategies to decrease high obesity rate, aimed at deadly obesity-related diseases-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new report offers practical strategies to help Appalachian communities tackle their high rates ...
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Eight Kentuckians among 60 indicted for illegal prescribing or health-care fraud as a result of major federal investigation-HEALTHYLIVE

Rob Duncan, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, announced the cases. (Associated Press photo by John Minchillo) ...
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Kentucky has 16 confirmed cases of salmonella from pre-cut melons; health officials say you should throw it all out-HEALTHYLIVE

CNN image Health officials are advising Kentuckians to throw away all of their pre-cut cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew, since...
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