Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
If you lost to suicide someone who was close to you, more than three years ago, the Suicide Prevention and Exposure Lab at the University of Kentucky College of Social Work has...
A virtual silent auction to raise funds for cancer patients and their families will be held from 6 p.m. Thursday, June 9, through 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, by the CHI...
Free dental, vision and medical care will be provided in Hazard on a first-come, first-served basis on the second weekend in June. The clinic will open at 6 a.m. Saturday,...
William S. Farish III —– Noted horseman Will Farish has given the University of Kentucky $5 million to create a program in urologic cancer at UK’s Markey Cancer Center. The Ambassador William Stamps...
F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D. —– Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield, a public-health leader for the world, the nation and his native Kentucky, died Monday night after being hospitalized for several weeks...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo —– The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky and the Kentucky Department of Education is launching a statewide summer wellness campaign to promote five habits to promote student...
Kentucky will hold its eighth annual conference on viral hepatitis on July 27, the day after World Hepatitis Day. “Hepatitis in Kentucky: The Role of Professionals in Hepatitis Elimination” will...
dea.gov photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to increase in overdose deaths caused by fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared Tuesday, May 10...
Illustration from University of Kentucky —– Primary-care providers who prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid-use disorder, and people receiving treatment for the disorder, are invited to participate in studies led by...
The fourth Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention event will take place Tuesday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. The virtual event will focus on food and...