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Disease Detectives Use Wastewater Testing to Monitor COVID Infection Trends

College of Medicine and College of Engineering researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for the presence of COVID-19.

Experts to Be Featured in KET Lung Disease Series

University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare experts will be featured in a three-part series by Kentucky Educational TV (KET) that examines the causes, impact and new developments in the treatment of lung disease in Kentucky.

UK Public Health's Arnett to Present at American Heart Association's 2021 Scientific Sessions

Donna Arnett will be a featured presenter during the American Heart Association's upcoming international research conference, Scientific Sessions 2021.

Healthy WAY Proposals Being Accepted From Rural Kentucky High Schools

The leadership development and research training program is designed to empower rural Kentucky high school students with skills to identify and develop solutions to health and social issues.

Behavioral Science Launches White Coats for Black Lives Fellowship

The fellowships were developed to enhance medical students’ understanding of health disparities, political and social inequalities, and health care inequities experienced by Black Americans.

UK HealthCare, King’s Daughters Celebrate New Partnership

The partnership creates new opportunities for to better serve patients throughout Kentucky, southern Ohio and West Virginia by expanding health care services throughout the region.

UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health, UnitedHealthcare Honor 1st Community Health Worker Program Graduates

Jazmen Fugate and Jayla Ledford of Perry County became the first two certified community health workers as part of the Students Striving Toward Better Health in Self and Community initiative.

University Press of Kentucky Publishes Updated Edition of ‘Contemporary Public Health,’ Featuring COVID-19 and Opioid Epidemic Additions

The book is edited by UK faculty members Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr. and Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield.

UK Experts Tackle Delta Variant Questions

As the COVID delta variant continues to spread across the United States, questions remain around both vaccine effectiveness and vaccination rates, and what these numbers could mean moving into the fall.

UK College of Nursing Surveying Frontline Workers on Infection Control Knowledge

Researchers from UK College of Nursing are surveying frontline workers in order to improve infection control practices in health care settings as part of Project Firstline.

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