By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increasing state cigarette taxes has proven to be an effective policy to decrease smoking rates, and it appears that is also true in Kentucky….
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks second among states for lung-cancer screening, but experts say many more Kentuckians need to be screened. Only 10.6% of those at high…
By Stu Johnson, WEKU Homelessness is a reality in virtually every section of Kentucky. Although often thought of as an urban challenge, rural Kentucky also finds the plight of the…
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Four more Kentucky counties have been certified as Recovery Ready Communities, signaling that they have the services needed to help their residents recover from…
By John McGary, WEKU “Estill Medical. This is Madisyn. How may I help you?” It’s a few minutes before lunch at Estill Medical Clinic, in Irvine. The practice is owned by…
By Lisa Autry WKU Public Radio More than 16,000 Kentucky veterans struggling with their mental health have used the national 988 hotline since it launched two years ago. The suicide…
Kentucky Health News Brooke A. Flinders, who earned her advanced degrees from Frontier Nursing University, has been named the next president of the Versailles institution. Flinders has extensive experience as an…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Russell Coleman has reappointed two members to the state opioid commission, thus not changing the balance of votes on the issue of…
