Purchase District Health Department

Hospital and health department leaders across western Kentucky and southern Illinois in an open letter published Monday say they’re working together to…

Paducah Public Schools in a release Tuesday said Paducah Middle School football players are quarantining after potentially being exposed to a positive…

A third case of the novel coronavirus is confirmed in McCracken County.The Purchase District Health Department said in a media release the patient is in…

Some health departments in western Kentucky area are mulling the possibility of implementing needle exchange programs to stem transmission of bloodborne…

Regional healthcare and community officials are tightening up their emergency response plans in the unlikely event that someone comes down with Ebola.The…

The Kentucky Department for Public Health is awarding one of five $160,000 grants to the Purchase District Health Department to fund a children's oral…

Health Departments in the region are preparing to deal with a $6 million cut from state block grant funding.Public Health Director Kent Koster says this…

State Health Department officials are looking for the cause of increased Salmonella cases in the region. Purchase District Health Department…