Health

A University of Kentucky professor said the research has the potential to someday prevent millions of cases of Alzheimer’s in humans.

Kentucky Health News outlines tips for good choices during holidays "so you can start 2026 feeling your best."

Factors making Kentucky a high-risk state for lung cancer include tobacco use, high rates of radon and the prevalence of vaping.

Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the state can restrict pharmacy benefit managers from steering business to their own chains.

The majority of Kentuckians who get their health insurance through the state exchange, called kynect, benefit from the enhanced tax subsidies — roughly 83,000 out of 97,000 people who signed up during the last open enrollment period.

The church is encouraging community members to attend on Saturday, Sept. 27.

On Friday, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) narrowly voted down a proposal to require prescriptions for COVID-19 shots.

The results of a federal investigation into a Kentucky organ donation nonprofit found that during a four-year period, medical providers had planned to harvest the organs of 73 patients despite signs of neurological activity.

Kentucky is not among the states that have issued orders that aim to make it easier for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The 988 system, launched by the federal government in 2022, is a national network of more than 200 crisis centers that field calls, texts and chats.

Out of the Darkness Suicide Awareness Walk will be at the Stadium of Champions.

The FDA’s move comes as, for the first time in decades, guidance from federal health authorities and pediatric experts diverge.