Nadia Ramlagan

1 week ago | wuky.org | Nadia Ramlagan

The commonwealth spent around $6,500 per child during the last academic year, an increase of more than $800 from the prior year. Steve Barnett, founder and senior director of the institute and the study's co-author, said it is unrealistic to think states could replace cuts to Head Start funding amid the Trump administration's proposed freezes of federal grant funding. "And particularly replace it overnight if the program is suddenly defunded," Barnett emphasized.

1 week ago | wuky.org | Nadia Ramlagan

The first reported case this year occurred in an adult Kentucky resident in February. Measles is a highly contagious respiratory virus spread through the air that can cause serious health complications. Cody Kemmer, communications coordinator with Kentucky Voices for Health, said declining vaccination rates in the state have allowed measles to start spreading again.

1 week ago | publicnewsservice.org | Nadia Ramlagan

By Brett Kelman for KFF Health News. Broadcast version by Freda Ross for Arkansas News Service reporting for the KFF Health News-Public News Service CollaborationIn the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking water.

1 week ago | publicnewsservice.org | Nadia Ramlagan

There are more than a dozen state and federal prisons in Central Appalachia, with some located in remote areas of West Virginia. Connie Banta, board member of the Appalachian Prison Book Project, said the rural facilities face challenges in providing educational opportunities to incarcerated people. Her organization has donated more than 75,000 books to prison libraries in the region over the past two decades.

1 week ago | publicnewsservice.org | Nadia Ramlagan

El Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Gabinete de Salud y Servicios Familiares de Kentucky) informa sobre un segundo caso confirmado de sarampión en marzo, en un niño que viajaba por el estado en busca de tratamiento. El primer caso reportado este año se presentó en febrero en un adulto residente de Kentucky. El sarampión es un virus respiratorio altamente contagioso que se transmite por el aire y puede causar graves complicaciones de salud.