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Earth Day Symposium Highlights Impact of Environment on Human Health

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2021) Every two years, the John P. Wyatt, M.D. Environment & Health Symposium honors the legacy of its namesake, a pathologist who, over 50 years ago, connected air pollution with lung disease. The 2021 Symposium honoring his pioneering environmental clinical research will be held on Earth Day, April 22, from noon to 3 p.m EDT. The event is free and open to all; registration is required. Howard Frumkin, MD, professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health sciences and former dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, will give a keynote address on “Planetary Health: Human Well-Being on a Fast-Changing Planet.” Frumkin is a world-renowned internist, occupational and environmental medicine specialist and epidemiologist. He is the former director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Special Assis

Drones deliver PPE to communities in Appalachian Kentucky

Drones deliver PPE to communities in Appalachian Kentucky Drones deliver PPE to EKY communities and last updated 2020-12-17 09:54:29-05 PERRY COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out across the country, people are encouraged to continue following CDC guidelines and wearing Personal Protective Equipment. However, there are still parts of Kentucky where there s little access to these materials. That s why the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health, Kentucky Homeplace, and the USA Drone Port partnered to explore the use of drones to deliver PPE to people in Appalachian Kentucky. With funding from the UK Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences, or UK-CARES, they started a research project known as the Jericho Project.

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