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For transgender youth in Kentucky, a new Supreme Court ruling ensures they’ll remain unable to get gender-affirming hormone therapy in their home state.

Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” is estimated to kick millions of people off Medicaid, causing concern for health care providers in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, a region especially dependent on the federal program.

The pain reliever acetaminophen is used 25 billion times annually, but there are only hypothesis on the mechanism that relieves pain; IU experiment points to neurotransmitters being affected in a surprising way.

With higher smoking rates, the LGBTQ+ community has a higher risk of related health problems. Health organizations in Kentucky offer help.

Kentucky followed national trends of declining educational scores in 2024 following pandemic-era lows, while seeing some moderate improvements in economic well being, according to recently released KIDS COUNT data.

After years of advocacy, freestanding birth centers will soon be easier to open in Kentucky, as activists say many women go to neighboring Tennessee and Indiana for childbirth.

Attorneys for a woman who had challenged Kentucky's near-total ban on abortion have dropped the lawsuit but didn't say why.

Federal lawmakers are considering adding Medicaid work requirements — meaning people would have to prove they work, volunteer, or go to school in order to receive health insurance. Experts warn that many people who already work will fall through the cracks.

The U.S. is up to 1,046 confirmed measles cases. Kentucky has reported cases over the past months, but Indiana said its outbreak is over.