Ja'Nel Johnson
Ja'Nel Johnson covers community health for WFPL News.
She comes to Louisville from KVNO News in Omaha, Neb., where she was the news director. She also served as executive producer of "The Omaha News," a student-produced television show on the Omaha PBS affiliate. Johnson, a Gary,Ind., native, has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and has also written for newspapers, including the Northwest Indiana Times and the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
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Kentucky adults with lower incomes were more likely to report difficulty in making a positive health change, according to a poll released Monday. The…
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Former Governor Steve Beshear is forming a new initiative to educate Kentuckians about the effects of dismantling Kynect and altering Medicaid expansion.…
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A majority of Kentucky adults favor raising the legal age to buy tobacco products, according to a poll released Monday. The Kentucky Health Issues Poll…
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Just weeks after Gov. Matt Bevin confirmed he would seek to dismantle Kentucky’s health insurance exchange and roll back the state’s expanded Medicaid…
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The CDC launched an anti-smoking campaign Monday that targets people living in states with high smoking rates, including Kentucky.Louisville resident…
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Kentuckians’ views on a statewide smoking ban have remained virtually unchanged since 2013, with the vast majority of residents supporting the measure, a…
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More than two-thirds of Kentucky residents don’t want the state to roll back its expanded Medicaid system, according to a poll released Friday.The Kaiser…
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While talks of barring refugees from coming to the U.S. persist among politicians, Kentucky agencies are preparing to welcome some 2,000 refugees from…
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For the first time since 2001, an oral health survey will be undertaken in Kentucky.The Making Smiles Happen Surveillance Initiative will assess the oral…
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The future of Kentucky’s health insurance exchange is being analyzed by the state’s outgoing and incoming administrations.Gov. Steve Beshear and…