Category: FEATURED
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Free Health for a Change webinar examines how AMA tracks social determinants of health, scheduled March 12
Update, March 3, 2025: This story has been updated to reflect a change of speaker at the webinar. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar...
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Study finds even small amounts of exercise decrease risks of dementia
By Liberty Gilbert Kentucky Health News A new study has found that people can lower their risk for dementia through exercise and, the more exercise, the lower the risk. “Our...
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Bill to require Kentucky tobacco and vape shops to be licensed awaits vote in full Senate, aimed at strengthening Tobacco 21 law
Update, March 2, 2025: Senate Bill 100 passed out of the Senate on a vote of 33-3 with a committee substitute and a floor amendment on Feb. 26. It now...
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Bill to allow some prior authorization exemptions for qualifying providers passes out of House
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill requiring health insurers to allow qualifying health care providers to bypass prior authorization requirements for certain services has passed out of the...
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UK, King’s Daughters to build new medical center in Greenup County
A new King’s Daughters Medical Center will be built in Greenup County, the University of Kentucky announced Thursday, Feb. 20 at its board of trustees health care committee meeting, Monica...
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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...