Head lice are becoming a greater problem in elementary schools in Hopkins County, reports The Messenger, which published the numbers of cases reported at each school in the last four...
Gooch, right, with Jessamine County Judge-Executive David West Randy Gooch, public health director in Jessamine County for the last four years, is the new deputy commissioner of the state Department...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News image: lexingtonhealthdepartment.org The administration of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is requiring syringe exchanges funded by state grants to be limited to one-for-one trading of...
The Kenton County Fiscal Court unanimously approved a mobile needle exchange program March 29, which moves the City of Covington’s needle exchange program one step closer to fruition, Terry DeMio...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s top Republicans in Congress, played a key role in lifting a longstanding ban...
The Estill County Health Department reported Feb. 11 that 72 people in the county have reported “gastrointestinal illness,” 35 of them have tested positive for salmonella and eight have been...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Jessamine, Carter and Elliott counties are the latest Kentucky counties to approve needle exchange programs, joining Fayette (Lexington), Jefferson (Louisville) and Pendleton counties. The...
UPDATE, Aug. 11: The school board made up part of the health department’s budget cut, allowing it to keep seven nurses, “but not before a lengthy discussion which included talk...
Clinton County in red (Wikipedia map) A year of perseverance, education and community input by the local and district health departments paid off as the Clinton County Board of Education...
Photo by Scott Utterback, The Courier-Journal Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness opened its mobile needle-exchange program Wednesday, June 10, making Louisville the first place in Kentucky to implement such...