Since we first reported on the first confirmed cases of H3N2 canine influenza virus, or “dog flu” in Florida late last month, the experts at Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University...

Murray State University Health and Wellness has recently received one confirmed report of a student on our campus having the mumps. Mumps typically causes swollen and tender parotid glands located just...

Officials with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department have confirmed two mumps cases in Fayette County. These are the first mumps cases of the year. Mumps is a viral infection that causes painful...

Federal and state authorities say a case of low pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in western Kentucky. Kentucky State Veterinarian Robert C. Stout said the National...

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul met this week with a dozen National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) members at The Flynn Group, NFIB member business in Louisville, to talk about plans to repeal and replace...

According to a recent Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) alert, a 2-year old filly was referred from a Northern KY equine facility (Oldham Co) to a Lexington area hospital for evaluation of a...

Kentucky has reported more than 150 human West Nile virus (WNV) cases since the mosquito borne virus was first reported in the state in 2002, including two cases in 2015. For the first time in 2016, WNV...

On Friday, two cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) were confirmed by the Kentucky State Veterinarian’s office. One is a 5-year-old racking horse mare fin Barren County and the second a 11-year-old Quarter...

On the opening day of the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville Thursday, ​Health and Family Services Cabinet Sec. Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, Department of Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, and representatives...

A Facebook post concerning an outbreak at Fort Knox has prompted Army officials to respond. The outbreak being talked about on the social media site is due to Enterobius vermicularis, or more commonly...