Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches
Millions of children on Medicaid are missing free check-ups; Kentucky is a little below the national average
Millions of low-income children across the country aren't getting free preventive exams and screenings guaranteed by Medicaid, and some ...
Early-childhood specialists want to help parents teach kids good oral-health habits; 40 percent have cavities by kindergarten
A recent report by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry showed that cavities are the most chronic disease for young children in the ...
Raw milk suspected as cause of bacterial infections among four children in Hardin County and one in Oldham County
Five children in the Louisville region were recently hospitalized with E. coli bacterial infections, and all had consumed unpasteurized mil...
Lots of research has established that children with egg allergies can still get a flu shot; those with asthma especially should
Flu season can start as early as October, and children with egg allergies are now encouraged to get a flu shot, especially if they have ast...
Chickenpox outbreak reported at Crab Orchard
Five students at Crab Orchard Elementary School in Lincoln County have been diagnosed with chickenpox, putting the county school system on a...
Kids Count report says hard times in early childhood are more likely in Ky. than rest of U.S.; bad times have long-term effects
School nutrition beat keeps busy: Ketchup returns to Anderson County, more students eating at school in Allen County
Logan Co. schools work to keep kids and bus drivers hydrated during hot, humid days; here are tips for dealing with heat
With temperatures soaring into the high 90s and the heat index over 100, the new Logan County school superintendent made sure the students a...
W. Ky. elementaries use Baptist Health grants to join national program to fight childhood obesity; results encouraging
Two more West Kentucky schools have joined Project Fit America , a fitness program that targets childhood obesity, to help its students bec...
Fort Thomas joins other wealthy school districts in U.S. that have dropped federal school-lunch program
The wealthy Fort Thomas school district in Northern Kentucky is dropping out of the federal school-lunch program because "Kids didn...
Leaders in health care and education meet on child obesity and what can be done about it, and not just in the schools
