Kentucky Health News

Experts provide tips on how to avoid ticks and the disease that some spread.

The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy is accepting nominations.

More than 2% of Kentuckians use the drugs which mimic a hormone that triggers the release of insulin.

The state has only 7 certified gambling counselors.

Coleman, 41, was re-elected in November and is considered a likely Democratic candidate to succeed Gov. Andy Beshear in 2027.

The parade will tell the story of Beshear's first term governing through a time of unprecedented adversity, his office announced.

Kentucky's infant-mortality rate has usually been higher than the nation's, reflecting its status as a poor state with lower-than-average health.

The poll also asked voters if they “support or oppose Kentucky’s current laws that ban abortion in nearly all cases, with no exception for rape or incest.”

Kentuckians who don’t have coverage through an employer, Medicare, Medicaid, the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program, or the Pentagon's Tricare program can shop for individual coverage on Kynect.

Kentucky high school students in counties with a comprehensive smoke-free law are 23% less likely to smoke, UK researchers found.

Health officials warn legislators that the situation may not have hit bottom yet.

The upcoming vaccine campaign comes at a higher cost to insurers and health practices, because the federal government is no longer footing the bill for COVID vaccines.