SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024 Bill to let pharmacists give vaccines to children 5 and older heads to governor's desk; 11...

Flu, up 33% in year's final week, continues to drive big jumps in respiratory illness in Kentucky; it's not too...

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2023 Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC has issued a health advisory...

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023 Ky. ranks low in benefits for the poor; health secretary says he reminds legislators of the...

Kids Count County Data Book looks at the well-being of state's children, county by county, and has some 'warning signs'...

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023 Flu and RSV cases increasing in Kentucky, but Covid-19 cases are still by far the leader...

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 At opioid panel's final hearing, Ben Chandler leads endorsers of funding research into psychedelic drug as...

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 Ky. Covid hospitalizations more than double, and exceed U.S. rate, but hospitals say they have been...

SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2023 European quit-smoking drug proven safe, effective in U.S. study Medpage Today photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...

FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2023 E-cigarettes get bigger and badder: Sales up rose 47% in last 3 years, nicotine content up...

Opioid panel to hold hearings on funding ibogaine drug research, including a promoter; member sees a conflict, chair quashes talk...

THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 Ky. is getting older; sees more deaths than births for several years Kentucky State Data Center...

Opioid commission leader suggests it use at least $42 million to get exotic psychedelic drug approved to treat opioid-use disorder...

FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 Bill to let advanced-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own after four years passes,...

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023 Governor wants firm guidelines on how to spend opioid settlement money, now up to $842 million;...

Medical cannabis bill will start in Senate; sponsor says Beshear issued order allowing it as 'wedge issue' and tool for...

Don't forget to turn your clock back one hour Nov. 5-6; sleep experts say standard time is the better one...

CDC survey shows more than 2.5 million young people used electronic cigarettes in 2022, and most were flavored products Graphic...

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   Starting Saturday, July 16, the new behavioral-health crisis hotline number will be...

SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022 Kentucky's two clinics suspend abortions as lawsuits challenge new law that is called 'one of the...