Jim Rousey, left, is retired public health director for Madison County; Scott Lockard is director for Clark County. (Kentucky Center For Smoke-Free Policy photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The...
By more than 2 to 1, the heaviest margin ever, Kentucky adults favor a state law to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants and bars, according to the...
By Justin Richter University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Kentucky has had a love affair with both growing and smoking tobacco, but supporters of a statewide smoking ban...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News Three Kentucky health departments are among the first in the nation to be considered for national accreditation, a process that could help improve patient...
The director of the Christian County Health Department urged its board to give $100,000 from reserves to fund a rail-to-trail project to provide residents with new opportunities for exercise. Coverting...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News In Kentucky’s first appellate-court ruling on the issue, the state Court of Appeals today upheld the Bullitt County Board of Health‘s smoking ban, which...
Dr. Stephanie Mayfield Dr. Stephanie Mayfield has been appointed as the commissioner for the state Department for Public Health, making her the first woman and first African American to hold the...
Christian County’s health director told the county Board of Health last week that it “needs to spend less time on the health department’s budget and more time addressing big questions...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News A recipe for how to improve health at the local level in Kentucky was the capstone of a day-long seminar in Frankfort Monday, with...