3 more hepatitis cases reported among Lexington food workers
Lexington Herald-Leader graphic — Three more restaurant workers in the Lexington area have been found to have hepatitis A, but the state still has no food-borne cases of the disease...
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Lexington Herald-Leader graphic — Three more restaurant workers in the Lexington area have been found to have hepatitis A, but the state still has no food-borne cases of the disease...
Pikeville Medical Center announced Tuesday that it would spend $7 million to relocate and expand its inpatient pediatrics clinic into a children’s hospital, and establish, expand or improve nine other...
After urging Americans not to eat any romaine lettuce, two federal agencies have limited their warning to lettuce grown in the Central Coast region of California. The Centers for Disease...
Health officials are worried about this strain of gonorrhea that resists antibiotics. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo) — “Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease,...
Faye Morton, left, joined other supporters of Tim’s Law, named for her son, to push for it in 2017. (Photo: John Cheves, Herald-Leader) — “Nobody is using a heralded 2017 state law that...
Photo by The Sentinel-Echo, London, Ky. — In an effort to inform Kentucky adults about the dangers of the latest electronic cigarette devices, called mod-pods, Ben Chandler and Dr. Pat...
Medical News Today photo — Untreated hearing loss in older adults affects more than just their ability to communicate. It can also increase their health-care expenses. A Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School...
A study of more than 1.5 million people found that some of the genes that increase the risk for heart disease also increase the risk for Alzheimer’s disease. It might...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in nine Kentucky babies are born prematurely, one of the nation’s highest rates – so high that the March of Dimes gave the state a...
Filing his ninth lawsuit against a maker of drugs that have contributed to the opioid epidemic, Attorney General Andy Beshear said “This lawsuit makes Kentucky the most aggressive state in...