Health

Most of Kentucky, including Christian County, is in an area with the highest rates of confirmed alpha-gal in the United States.

It was disclosed in April that agreements authorizing use of Energy Department supercomputers for the Million Veteran Program remained unsigned and that some will expire in September.

An independent analysis found that Kentucky will suffer the biggest hit of any state — a decline of $10 billion in Medicaid payments to rural providers over 10 years as 130,000 rural Kentuckians are expected to lose their Medicaid coverage.

The most recent survey shows the percentage of vaccinated Kentucky kindergarteners is well below the national average.

In his new role, Stack will oversee a state agency that employs about 8,000 people and wields a multi-billion dollar budget.

The Kentucky General Assembly created the MAHA Kentucky Task Force this year as a way to implement the Trump administration’s principles in the commonwealth. Sen. Craig Richardson, R-Hopkinsville, is among its members.

Public health organizations have raised concerns about the change in policy. 

Older adults will continue to receive yearly COVID-19 shots, but lower-risk groups will not, says the FDA.

Patients can connect with healthcare providers through Planned Parenthood’s video platform.

The U.S. government had a brief window to act and contain the virus in the spring of 2024, when bird flu surfaced in a small number of dairy cows.

The Trump administration says the new regulations "protect people from being enrolled in Marketplace coverage without their knowledge," among other factors. Policy experts said the changes will impose burdens likely to hamper enrollment.

This is the first case of measles in Kentucky since 2023.