Author: Melissa Patrick
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Water fluoridation would become optional in Kentucky under bill advanced by House committee
Update, March 2, 2025: House Bill 16 passed 68-29 in the House on Feb. 26, 2025. It now resides in the Senate, awaiting a committee assignment. By Sarah Ladd Kentucky...
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“Better Without It,” a $3.6 million drug prevention campaign, launched in partnership with 3 universities
By Ella Denton Kentucky Health News Kentucky has battled the opioid crisis for decades, but a new drug prevention campaign targeting youth could protect future generations. Attorney General Russell Coleman...
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St. Joseph awards more than $330,000 grants to improve well-being, health equity in Lexington area
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...
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WDRB: 2 sides of Ozempic include weight loss success and health nightmares in Kentucky
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...
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Reproductive rights rally hears abortion ban violates some Kentuckians’ religious freedom
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...
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Kentucky bill to allow cigar bars passes out of committee, would override local smoking bans
Update, March 2, 2025: House Bill 211 passed 74-19 with a committee substitute and two floor amendments on Feb. 18. It resides in the Senate State and Local Government Committee....
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Advocates urge lawmakers to support a bill to put Juul settlement money in a trust for youth vaping prevention
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...
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Webinar aims to change the narrative around the SNAP program
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...
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CHI Saint Joseph opens consolidated cancer care center
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...
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Freestanding birthing center bill passes out of Senate
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...