Health

Pike County native Shelley Stiltner said she plans a career in rural medicine to care for patients and help inspire the next generation of rural physicians. 

COVID-19 hasn’t vanished, but at this point it’s doing less damage.

America's top public health official warned of the crisis and offered a detailed plan of how to advance social connection.

The 988 line is confidential and accepts calls, texts and chats from anyone who needs support for a suicidal, mental-health or substance-use crisis.

Here's what the Supreme Court's recent decision — allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain accessible — means for access to the drug moving forward.

Allowing employees with long COVID to have flexible hours and work from home are just two ways companies can help accommodate the millions of workers still suffering from symptoms.

More than 400 pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, wrote an open letter expressing concerns about the precedent that could be set if one U.S. district court judge can overturn the FDA’s scientific and medical judgment in approving pharmaceuticals.

Rates of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease are higher in Kentucky following the coronavirus pandemic.

Ray Loux said he's uncertain about the future and how the bill "is going to affect me."

If the proposal becomes law, it will only take effect in 2025. That gives lawmakers time to set guidelines and framework for a statewide medical cannabis program.

The day after lawmakers rapidly changed and passed a bill that bans gender-affirming care for minors, the commissioner decried the “sweeping and harmful” legislation.

An addition to the bill states, "Students in grade five and below will not receive instruction about human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases. Students in sixth grade and above must have a parent’s consent to receive such instruction."