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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fourth of five webinars about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on youth mental health, especially in response to the...
Rich Seckel —– UPDATE, Dec. 21: Seckel was named the Gil Friedell Health Policy Champion award, which comes with a $5,000 grant to a Kentucky-based nonprofit of his choice. (The original...
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
Rich Seckel —– The point man in a lawsuit that blocked changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program has been honored for his work by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Rich Seckel,...
Albert Gray —– Albert Gray of Five Star Food Marts has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for his contributions to preventing the sale of tobacco products to underage consumers of...
Fran Feltner —– Fran Feltner, director of the University of Kentucky‘s Center for Excellence in Rural Health in Hazard, has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for her “trailblazing” work to improve...
Sadiqa Reynolds —– Sadiqa Reynolds, president and CEO of the Louisville Urban League, has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for working to reduce racial inequities in health and other...
Melissa Patrick —– Melissa Patrick, the only staff reporter for Kentucky Health News, is one of several Kentuckians named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion this month by the Foundation for a...
The fourth of five free webinars about efforts to reduce disease and unhealthy behaviors that often begin in childhood will focus on ways to better understand youth and ways to...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The deadline to enroll in federally subsidized health insurance for 2021 is fast approaching, with the last day Tuesday, Dec. 15 to sign up...