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If you’re wary of exposing an infant to food that might be allergic, think again. New medical guidelines say that infants should be exposed to potentially allergic foods because that...
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is seeking suggestions for topics and questions in the next Kentucky Health Issues Poll. The deadline for suggestions is close of business Aug. 1....
About half of Americans in a survey said they talk on cell phones while driving with children aged 4 to 10. Worse yet, a third said they read text messages,...
Kentucky is in the third week without dental, vision or non-emergency transportation benefits for 460,000 Kentucky adults on Medicaid, and Democratic lawmakers, health advocates and dentists are continuing to voice...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s new plan for oral health calls for the state to expand the role of public-health hygienists, find other ways to expand the dental...
Kentucky is one of the states that will get an extra federal prosecutor to fight the spread of fentanyl, a powerful opioid blamed for an increasing number of overdoses. As...
All Honey Smacks cereal has been recalled after a multi-state salmonilla outbreak has been linked to the cereal, infecting 100 people in 33 states. Two have been infected in Kentucky....
Attorney General Andy Beshear filed suit July 12 against Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, charging the firm with knowingly misrepresenting the addictive nature of its drugs. The lawsuit in Madison Circuit Court alleges that the company...
Summer is a time to head outdoors and enjoy the hot weather, but it’s important to remember that those warm days we love so much can also be dangerous, especially...
A Lexington restaurant was recently profiled in The New York Times for its efforts in giving people in treatment for drug and alcohol addiction a second chance. DV8 Kitchen opened last September and...