Tennessee churches encourage healthier living

Tennessee churches encourage healthier living

Unknown 7:28 PM churches, politics, public health, religion, rural health, walking

Sulphur Wells Church of Christ  in Henry County, Tennessee, a few miles away from Paris, Ky., is challenging people to eat and think healthi...

At least 14 counties had vaccination rates in 2011-12 below level experts say is needed to protect kindergartners from measles

At least 14 counties had vaccination rates in 2011-12 below level experts say is needed to protect kindergartners from measles

Unknown 6:31 PM children, children's health, communicable disease, contagious diseases, data, immunizations, newspapers, public health, vaccinations

As concern about the spread of measles from lack of vaccination grows, many Kentucky counties probably have vaccination rates below the mini...

Churches add fitness facilities as part of ministry outreach, community service; Louisville's Walnut Street church led the way

Churches add fitness facilities as part of ministry outreach, community service; Louisville's Walnut Street church led the way

Unknown 12:26 PM exercise, obesity, public health, religion

More churches are beginning to see health and fitness facilities as potential ministry niches, which can positively influence surrounding co...

Five myths about flu shots, explored and debunked

Five myths about flu shots, explored and debunked

Unknown 7:36 AM flu, influenza, public health, virus

Myths about the influenza vaccine circulate every year and make it difficult for some to decide whether to get the shot, Tom Watkins reports...

Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity

Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity

Unknown 2:00 PM Congress, fast food, food, health policy, health reform, lobbying, nutrition, obesity, public health, restaurants

McDonald's already posts calorie content on its menus In an effort to combat the country's obesity epidemic, the Food and Drug Admi...

African clinics to begin testing Ebola treatments; one made from tobacco in Kentucky isn't plentiful enough to be part of effort

African clinics to begin testing Ebola treatments; one made from tobacco in Kentucky isn't plentiful enough to be part of effort

Unknown 10:19 AM public health, tobacco, viral infections, virus

Doctors Without Borders will begin testing three experimental therapies to treat Ebola in December, bypassing the traditional progression o...

Kentucky has a statewide outbreak of whooping cough, perhaps because the child-immunization rate is declining

Kentucky has a statewide outbreak of whooping cough, perhaps because the child-immunization rate is declining

Unknown 10:41 AM county health departments, pertussis, public health, vaccinations, whooping cough

Kentucky is having a statewide outbreak of pertussis, also called whooping cough, Jennifer Wohlleb reports  for the Kentucky School Advocate...

Diabetes is an epidemic and needs to be treated like one, with a public-health approach, Lexington policy experts say in new book

Diabetes is an epidemic and needs to be treated like one, with a public-health approach, Lexington policy experts say in new book

Unknown 9:53 AM diabetes, epidemic, public health

Diabetes is often called an epidemic, but is not treated as such. Two Lexington health policy experts argue in a new book that this has to c...

Americans do need to worry about Ebola: not about daily risk, but about the future if it is not contained, expert says

Americans do need to worry about Ebola: not about daily risk, but about the future if it is not contained, expert says

Unknown 9:07 AM contagious diseases, diseases, public health

The Ebola virus isn't a risk to Americans now, but will be "down the road" if the epidemic is not contained, says a crisis com...

Anyone returning from an Ebola-stricken country will be monitored by health authorities for three weeks

Anyone returning from an Ebola-stricken country will be monitored by health authorities for three weeks

Unknown 9:21 PM infections, public health, virus

All travelers who arrive in the U.S. from the Ebola-stricken countries -- Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia -- will be closely monitored for ...

News media blamed for most of Ebola scare; experts continue to say that risk of infection is low

News media blamed for most of Ebola scare; experts continue to say that risk of infection is low

Unknown 8:27 PM infections, public health

The reaction of many Americas regarding the Ebola virus has gone beyond what is medically necessary, but is a natural reaction to fear, Magg...

How contagious is ebola? Not very, experts say

How contagious is ebola? Not very, experts say

Unknown 9:56 AM contagious diseases, diseases, health journalism, public health

This story was updated Monday, Oct. 13 Several days ago, Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. He didn...

Barren River Health Dept. accredited; joins 5 others in Ky. (Franklin, Fayette, Madison, Northern Ky. and Three Rivers)

Barren River Health Dept. accredited; joins 5 others in Ky. (Franklin, Fayette, Madison, Northern Ky. and Three Rivers)

Unknown 8:39 PM health departments, public health

The Barren River District Health Department has joined five others in Kentucky with national accreditation. The Public Health Accreditation...

Survey finds 1 in 7 Kentuckians over 44 say they have worsening confusion or memory loss; few say they get needed help

Survey finds 1 in 7 Kentuckians over 44 say they have worsening confusion or memory loss; few say they get needed help

Unknown 6:37 AM Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, public health, smoking

Worsening memory loss reported by Kentuckians in a survey could be indicative of a future Alzheimer's or dementia public health crisis, ...