Kentucky Health News

Baby-formula scammers may use ploys similar to those used by online-purchase scammers who pose as legitimate sellers and claim to have scarce products.

Experts warn new variants threaten the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated.

The Kentucky General Assembly, led by supermajorities Republicans, approved $4.5 million in state funds and $4.5 million in federal funds in the 2022-24 state budget to set up the program.

According to the Kentucky Constitution, there’s quite a bit the governor can do to lead Kentucky in the right direction, even when the legislature refuses to do its job, writes Jim Higdon.

Rural women are more likely than their urban peers to be impoverished, less likely to have the time or money to drive long distances across state lines to obtain an abortion, and more likely to face stigma over the decision to end a pregnancy.

Beshear said he and his family will carry masks with them to the Derby and use them as needed, and that was his advice for others: use a mask if they feel uncomfortable. 

A draft opinion published Monday night by Politico would strike down the decision that has guaranteed the right to an abortion until a fetus can live outside the womb.

In Kentucky 10% of ticks carry a pathogen that cause diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and alpha-gal, which causes an allergy to red meat.

The Democratic governor, who is seeking re-election next year, said his move isn't political.

The bill as been called "one of the most restrictive in the nation."