Source: Melissa Patrick

Kentucky Health News Kentuckians can learn how to save lives during a free, educational “Stop the Bleed” event, hosted by the UK HealthCare Trauma Program. At the event, members of the trauma team will provide hands-on simulations to teach participants basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding following everyday emergencies and human-made and natural disasters.…

By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Since Feb. 5, the Kentucky Drug Overdose Alert System has released three nonfatal drug overdose alerts. The most recent alert was issued on Feb. 13 for Jefferson County after 32 suspected nonfatal drug overdose EMS encounters occurred Feb. 12 and Feb. 13. “As a result, people who use drugs…

Kentucky Health News Saint Joseph Health is offering 14 scholarships totaling more than $34,000 to support aspiring health care professionals across Kentucky, including Bardstown, Berea, Lexington, London, Nicholasville and Mount Sterling. “We’re excited to again this year offer scholarships to support the next generation of health care workers,” Delaine Thiel, vice president of philanthropy,…

In December, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced his office would begin rolling out the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding, but rural health advocates are divided on what it will mean for rural communities. The RHTP funding aims to replace cuts from the One…

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 16, 2026) — University of Kentucky researchers have been awarded a five-year grant, projected to total $7.2 million, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test overdose prevention strategies for women transitioning from jail back into rural Kentucky communities.  The new project is supported by the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse as part of its Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network (JCOIN), a nationwide program that…

This Week at the State Capitol (2-13-26) February 13, 2026 The gavel for House Speaker David W. Osborne rests on the striking block in the House chamber, where lawmakers were busy this week moving bills closer to passage in the 2026 legislative session. A high-res version can be found here. FRANKFORT — During another…

by Olivia Krauth, Queer Kentucky | Kentucky’s Only LGBTQ+ Newsroom February 13, 2026 Kentucky lawmakers are again trying to allow health care providers a way out of performing procedures or services that “violate their conscience” — potentially impacting thousands of Kentuckians, particularly those who are LGBTQ+.  Senate Bill 72 (SB 72) — sponsored by…