The Zika virus has come to Ky. through travelers, and could spread at any time, but few people know or do much about it

This species of mosquito carries Zika. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As temperatures and travel increase, so does the possible thr...

UK's Doug Scutchfield, international leader in public health, accepts Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement

F. Douglas Scutchfield, M.D. In what he called "a coda to my academic career," Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield accepted the University ...

Community health workers aren't medically trained, but they help rural people manage their health care and their health

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health advocates at the April 24 Kentucky Voices for Health annual meeting discussed how to reduc...

State health department offers services to fight opioid epidemic, including free antidote for overdoses and education about it

The state Department for Public Health is reminding communities of the services it offers to address the impact of opioid abuse, and to edu...

Mark Pyle, Christian County health director, is named state's deputy commissioner of public health

Mark Pyle The director of the Christian County Health Department in Hopkinsville will be the new deputy commissioner of the state Department...