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The Lexington Police Department is organizing a Take Back Day this weekend for residents to safely drop off unneeded medication.

The Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving $750,000 dollars to neonatal care company NASCEND to help improve access to treatment for opioid-exposed infants in rural areas.

Kentucky’s Department of Public Health has launched a new online dashboard to help make up-to-date information on both COVID-19 and influenza cases readily available.

The organization has seen an increase in donations since the shortage was declared September 11, but still needs to collect 10,000 blood and platelet donations each week over the next month to meet hospital needs.

The Northeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center based out of Morehead is one of seven centers across the country receiving grant money for its workforce programs.

Thursday marked International Overdose Awareness Day. The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy says more than 2,100 Kentuckians died last year because of an overdose – a five percent decrease from the year prior. 90 percent of those deaths were from opioids.

Winchester pediatrician Michael Kuduk was appointed as President of the Kentucky Medical Association during its annual meeting last weekend. He’ll serve in the position through 2024.

A $100,000 dollar grant is going to the Kentucky Children’s Hospital to help support its clinics for child cancer and blood diseases.

A resource center for people with disabilities in eastern Kentucky is opening an expanded location in Hazard.

The Medical Center in Bowling Green is casting a wider net in vaccinating the public against the coronavirus.The hospital is serving as a mass vaccination…