UK hosts national meeting to raise immunization rate for vaccine against cervical and other HPV cancers, in which Ky. leads U.S.
Kentucky Department for Public Health illustration By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health NewsKentucky leads the nation in the rate of cases of and deaths from cervical cancer, a disease that is...
Free webinar, Health for a Change: Tackling the Immunization Crisis, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8, by health foundation
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s next “Health for a Change” webinar is titled “Tackling the Immunization Crisis.” It will be held Wednesday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to...
State House kills bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccine mandates, after it takes a fast, unusual trip through the Senate
Kentucky Health NewsA bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccines from being required for employment, student enrollment or activities, or medical treatment and licensing, died a quiet death in the state...
Four-part series from PBS and KET tells the story of public health
To play the trailer for the series, click on the arrow button. Kentucky Health News“Public health saved your life today and you don’t even know it.”That’s the catchphrase of...
Physician who treats only seniors endorses CDC recommendation that everyone over 65 should get a Covid-19 booster this spring
By Laurie Archbald-PannoneAssociate professor of medicine and geriatrics, University of Virginia In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with Covid-19. In spring 2020, the federal government...
State health chief says measles risk stems from pandemic’s anti-vaccine ‘ideologies’; talks about weight-loss drugs, need for sleep
WKYT news anchor Bill Bryant interviews state Health Commissioner Steven Stack, M.D. By Al CrossKentucky Health News In a wide-ranging TV interview, state Health Commissioner Steven Stack warned Kentuckians...