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Health foundation awards 4 grants to strengthen health and well-being of Kentucky communities
Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded four grants aimed at strengthening health and well-being in Kentucky communities. The organizations receiving the grants were selected through...
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BCTC awarded federal grant for $1.14 million to expand health care workforce, and more
Kentucky Health News Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) has been awarded $1.14 million through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the only recipient...
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University of Kentucky awarded an $11 million NIH grant for diabetes prevention research
University of Kentucky researchers have been awarded a Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant that will significantly bolster diabetes prevention research, according to a UK news release. The five-year,...
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Estill, Henderson, Lewis and Warren counties certified as Recovery Ready Communities, totaling 35
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four more Kentucky counties have been certified as Recovery Ready Communities, signaling that they have the resources needed to help their residents recover from...
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Jim Bennett wins Gil Friedel Memorial Health Policy Award for immigrant and refugee work
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Jim Bennett is the winner of the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky‘s 2025 Gil Friedell Memorial Health Policy Award for his work to improve the health...
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Grant funding provides $2 million to support those impacted by pediatric cancer
Gov. Andy Beshear joined the Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund board, pediatric cancer organizations and advocates at Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana on Friday, Nov. 14, to announce $2 million in...
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Grant applications open to groups that work with substance use treatment and recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The third round of Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky grants to connect individuals to substance use treatment services and recovery supports and/or to reduce...
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UK HealthCare, UK receives $50 million gift for pediatric health care from NY philanthropist, Tom Golisano
Kentucky Health News Entrepreneur and philanthropist Tom Golisano announced Oct. 28 that the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare will receive a historic $50 million gift to transform pediatric health care in Kentucky....
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UK College of Public Health inducts 5 new Hall of Fame members
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Leaders in respiratory illness, cancer prevention and health communication, and maternal and child health were inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Public...
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10 Healthy Kentucky Champions named by Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has announced its 2025 class of Healthy Kentucky Champions. The award recognizes individuals dedicated to improving the health of Kentuckians at a community or...