Kentucky

UK HealthCare receives prestigious Baby-Friendly designation

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 27, 2025) — UK HealthCare has once again been awarded the prestigious international Baby-Friendly designation after a rigorous review process conducted by Baby-Friendly USA, the organization responsible for bestowing this certification in the United States. The hospital first received the designation in 2015.

A commonwealth of collaboration The big fight to save a little heart

Donald and Sarah Damron’s third baby was full of surprises. As they prepared to give their two girls a younger sibling, they opted not to find out the gender, instead saving that excitement for the day of the baby’s birth. Little did they know that would not be the biggest surprise of the day. 

Rankin Heath Education Building gives opportunities for next generation of health providers, patients

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 20, 2025) — As its great steel structure continues to rise toward the sky on the University of Kentucky campus, it is hard to miss the construction — and the excitement — of the Michael D. Rankin MD Health Education Building.

National study will test Markey-developed lung cancer screening program

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 20, 2025) — University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Jennifer Redmond Knight, Dr.P.H., and Timothy Mullett, M.D., are co-investigators on a new National Cancer Institute grant that will expand Kentucky’s successful lung cancer screening quality improvement program to 60 sites across the U.S.

KCH awarded $2.5 million grant to support pediatric cancer research

Zebrafish research reveals new hope for pediatric cancer

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 10, 2025) — A tiny fish with translucent skin could make a big difference in how we treat pediatric cancer — and the research is happening at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

CAER, state Energy and Environment Cabinet complete sustainable aviation fuel study

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 10, 2025) — The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) have completed a risk assessment of representative fats, oils and grease (FOG) feedstocks that can be used to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Kentucky.

Workshop unites pathologists and regulators to advance racehorse safety

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 7, 2025) — More than 55 veterinarians, trainees and industry experts gathered in Lexington at the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (VDL) Sept. 18-20 for the 2025 Racehorse Necropsy Workshop designed to improve how racehorse fatality examinations are conducted and how findings are used to prevent future injuries.  

Robotic surgery system offers new hope for lung cancer patients

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 3, 2025) – When Shelia Binion went to UK St. Claire for a lung biopsy, it happened to be on her birthday. Binion had undergone a CT scan for a breast abscess that happened to also reveal a lung nodule. A follow up scan showed the nodule in her lung had grown, so her doctor ordered a biopsy to rule out cancer. The nodule was in a precarious place, and the chance of her lung collapsing during the biopsy was high. Collapse it did, and Binion was admitted to the hospital.

UK Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic redesignated as qualified care center