Health

At least 14 of Kentucky’s 171 school districts announced they’ll be closed or having non-traditional instruction in the coming days due to a high number of influenza cases.

Get ready to “fall back” this weekend, Standard Time officially begins on Nov. 6.

Many Jefferson County kindergarten classrooms have low vaccination rates for measles and polio, which doctors say makes them vulnerable.

County leaders in Kentucky say rural emergency medical services continue to struggle with staffing their ambulances.

With Kentucky’s abortion ban in effect, pregnant patients can’t get an abortion in the state unless their lives are at risk. That’s forcing some to seek care elsewhere. Out of Kentucky’s seven bordering states, only one has abortion protections. Alana Watson made the trip to an abortion provider in Illinois and documented moments along the way, to better understand what the process is for those seeking care.

Hospitals across Kentucky are using more blood than usual and that is leading to a blood supply shortage.

People can apply for funding from Ky.’s portion of a multi-state settlement with four drug companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic.

More than a decade of research has found a relationship between strip mine sites and health problems like cancer. Now, citizen groups are asking the Biden administration to jumpstart a federal study that was aimed at finding more complete answers about mining’s public health effects and — potentially — instituting additional regulatory measures to help coalfield residents.

More than 700 Tennessee health care workers have signed an open letter to state lawmakers, asking them to revisit the state’s all-out abortion ban.

The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Commission will soon open the process to distribute part of the state’s roughly $480 million opioid settlement.