Health

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."

The state attributed 13 more deaths to COVID-19 last week, down from 39 the week prior.

A 2021 survey found that 19% of Kentucky's high-school students seriously considered attempting suicide and 9.5% of them attempted it. 

A staffing strategy that has permeated hospitals, particularly emergency rooms, seeks to reduce their top expense: physician labor.

According to experts, 91% of maternal deaths in 2018 were "potentially preventable."

Farmers’ lifestyles come with added stress, and events like the 2021 tornado outbreak made that stress worse.

The University of Kentucky is still recruiting participants for the study.

The discount store chain has opened two mobile health clinics in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Here are answers from immunologist Matthew Woodruff to five big questions about the FDA's single-shot vaccine decision.