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It is probably safe to assume that most of us have heard of rabies. We endured the trauma of watching Old Yeller when we were young. We know we should vaccinate our dogs and cats against rabies. It is probably also safe to assume that most of us view rabies as one of those...

(Commentary by Marcy Rein, RN MPH) The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently released the results of their 2022 survey about preparedness. Since 2013 the agency has done a national survey of U.S. households to look at America’s emergency preparation actions and attitudes....

For the first time in at least three years, Whitley County Health Department employees are getting a pay raise. During its regular quarterly meeting Monday evening, the Whitley County Board of Health, which oversees the health department, approved a 5 percent pay increase for...

The ongoing nation-wide formula shortage continues to leave both federal and state organizations grappling with possible solutions as parents scramble to find what little formula may be left on store shelves. Though there still doesn’t seem to be a clear end to the shortage in...

The Whitley County Health Department and local police will soon be taking additional measures to try and prevent some deaths involving young children. Whitley County Health Department Public Health Director Marcy Rein said that the health department ordered child safety kits to...

The Whitley County Health Department has added a new way to share information about resources available to the community. The health department has launched an app, which is free from Google Play or the App store and can be downloaded by searching “Whitley County Resource Guide”....

(Editor’s note: All numbers and rankings from The New York Times COVID data were taken from the charts at noon on Sept. 14.) Several Kentucky media outlets are reporting stories of The News York Times COVID data stating eight Eastern Kentucky counties are in the top 20 counties...

Whitley County is once again in the red on Kentucky’s COVID–19 scale. According to the information released by Kentucky Public Health, the county’s incidence rate stood at 26.4 on Monday, making it one of eight counties in Kentucky to be in the red zone. According to the Kentucky...

  April 6 marks the one-year anniversary since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Whitley County. Members of the community have all been impacted differently with some feeling the effects of the virus more than others. Despite the differences, every person has been...

When can you get the COVID-19 vaccine? How will you know when you can get it? Where will you be able to get it? These are all questions that people are asking when it comes to getting vaccinated against COVID-19. In recent days, Gov. Andy Beshear and Dr. Steven Stack,...