By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News While it wouldn’t feel like the Fourth of July without fireworks, it’s important to remember that all fireworks, even sparklers, can be dangerous. “The...
By Sarah LaddKentucky Lantern Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian Edwards has ruled against a lawsuit by three Jewish women challenging Kentucky’s abortion ban on religious grounds. In a nine-page opinion...
Mike Cox, chief operating officer of Isaiah House, said the treatment involves taping tiny electrodes behind the participant’s mastoid process, behind the ear, to deliver a carefully programmed series...
OPINION By Katelyn JetelinaYour Local Epidemiologist On June 24, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared gun violence a public-health crisis. Many narratives immediately pushed back that this isn’t public...
Ben Chandler, president and CEO of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky for the last eight years, announced Thursday that he would retire at year’s end and be succeeded...
By Mark ShermanAssociated Press The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the Biden administration in a dispute with Republican-led states over how far the federal government can go to...
The director of a district health department with a syringe exchange has voiced disappointment to her local newspaper over Attorney General Russell Coleman’s opposition to the exchanges. Dr. Crystal...
By Taylor SiskKFF Health News JELLICO, Tenn. — In March 2021, this town of about 2,000 residents on the Kentucky border in the shadow of Pine Mountain lost its...
By Mark ShermanAssociated Press The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block...
By Elizabeth ChapinUniversity of Kentucky New research at the University of Kentucky reveals concerning declines in cervical cancer screening rates among women in the U.S. during the Covid-19 pandemic,...
