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Every summer, children die from heat stroke because they are unintentionally left in a hot car, with the majority of these deaths occurring in children age 3 and under The latest...
Preventing kids from falling into addiction is a major goal for Operation UNITE, a nonprofit serving 32 counties in Eastern Kentucky — a region where the average age for first drug...
“Kentucky’s two biggest hospital systems had some of the country’s highest instances of an often deadly bacterial bloodstream infection known as MRSA” in the fiscal year that ended June 30,...
As more Kentuckians favor a statewide smoking ban but the state legislature won’t even ban smoking at schools, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky says it may become more active...
Young, white men with lower education and income levels have experienced the greatest increase in heroin use and addiction, a study has found. Men 25 to 44 accounted for the...
April 3-9 is National Public Health Week. Why should you care? The reasons are many. “Have you eaten at a restaurant lately? Did you brush your teeth this morning? If...
Photo illustration from WKYT-TV Dr. William Ralston quit his job as the state’s chief medical examiner Friday “over frustrations involving personnel decisions and financial concerns for his office,” then agreed...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, so the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs held a ceremony in the...
Without even having a hearing, a federal judge has ordered the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services not to close Kentucky’s only remaining abortion clinic.”The order issued Friday by...
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News The premature death rate is getting worse in 44 of Kentucky’s 120 counties and improving in 12 counties, according to a health rankings report released...