As blood runs short in Ky. and the U.S., Red Cross seeks donors
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Responding to a potentially dangerous shortage of blood, Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife set an example Monday by donating blood in the state...
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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Responding to a potentially dangerous shortage of blood, Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife set an example Monday by donating blood in the state...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While emergency-department visits and hospital admissions related to respiratory illness were again less numerous in the week ended Feb. 4, the state Department for Public...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill aimed to ban cost-sharing for preventive cancer screenings in certain types of health-insurance plans passed unanimously out of a House committee and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill aimed at decreasing the state’s high maternal-mortality rate was approved by the House Health Services Committee Thursday and now awaits a vote...
By Liam Niemeyer Kentucky Lantern Kentucky water utilities would no longer be required to add or adjust fluoride in tap-water supplies — a state requirement since the mid-20th century aimed...
Kentucky Health News Three more counties have been designated as Recovery Ready Communities for their commitment to providing residents with access to addiction treatment and recovery support and removing barriers...
The Kentucky Rural Health Association has a new executive director. She is Jaime Parsons, “a seasoned leader with a proven track record in healthcare administration and a deep commitment to...
Kentucky Health News Norton Healthcare of Louisville is buying Bowling Green Internal Medicine and Pediatric Associates as its latest interest in the state’s third largest city. “It’s about taking our...
Kentucky Health News Kentucky adults use electronic cigarettes daily at the highest rate in the nation, equaled only by Oklahoma, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and...
Kentucky Health News After three fentanyl overdoses since June in Crittenden County, the first recorded in the county of 9,000 people, and another death in which fentanyl could have been...