Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East have awarded $330,420 in grant funding to eight local nonprofit organizations to improve the well-being and health equity of the Lexington area. “At…
For some, the weight loss drug Ozempic “is life-changing,” but for others, ‘it’s a nightmare,” Valerie Chinn reports for WDRB. Lucinda Mason, a Mt. Washington resident who has lost 100…
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Just as the Senate and House gaveled in, supporters of reproductive rights rallied in the Capitol rotunda Thursday to call Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban cruel…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite public health concerns, a House bill to allow indoor smoking in cigar bars has passed out of committee and awaits a vote in…
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Advocates who work to decrease cancer in Kentucky rallied at the Kentucky State Capitol on Feb. 11 to ask lawmakers to support a bill…
The next Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “Facts Over Fiction-Changing the Narrative Around SNAP Benefits.” It will be held Friday, Feb. 28 from…
CHI Saint Joseph Health Foundations celebrated the consolidation of its medical oncology services into a new space on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Cancer Care Center on Blazer Parkway in Lexington…
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The long-debated controversy over freestanding birthing centers in Kentucky reached the floor of the Senate Friday as a bill aimed at paving the way for…
