Knox County Health Department Kentucky

12/01/2025

We have a few filing cabinets and a chair on our front sidewalk for FREE to anyone who wants to come pick them up.

12/01/2025

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among children in the United States. Many deaths and injuries can be prevented with the proper use of car seats, booster seats, and seat belts appropriate for a child's age and size.

11/28/2025

As National Diabetes Awareness Month comes to a close, here’s an article on finding quality diabetes care. It explores the challenges people with diabetes face, from locating providers to accessing resources, and emphasizes the importance of diabetes self-management education and support programs.

For more information about our Healthy Living With Diabetes program, email diabeteshealthyliving2021@gmail.com.

People with diabetes often struggle to find knowledgeable healthcare providers. Experts offer tips and resources to smooth the search.

11/27/2025

Our office is closed today and tomorrow, November 27th and 28th, for Thanksgiving.

11/26/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! November is National Diabetes Awareness Month.

For many families, the holiday season is filled with delicious food and celebrations, which can be challenging if you have diabetes. Here are our tasty, diabetes-friendly recipes the whole family can enjoy. Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday!

Having diabetes doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy all the flavors and fun of a Thanksgiving feast. Diabetes Food Hub has plenty of healthy recipes you can use for your Thanksgiving (or Friendsgiving) meal, and we’ve put together a list of some of our favorites. Each recipe has the ingredients, dire...

11/25/2025

The home can be a major source of secondhand smoke exposure, especially for children. Make your home smoke-free and find free help quitting. Visit QuitNowKentucky.org or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

Click on the link below for more information.

Learn how to protect yourself and others from secondhand smoke in the home.

11/24/2025

We currently have FREE COVID-19 + Flu A&B Combo Self Test Kits available.

If you would like to have one, you can come to our front lobby any time during business hours to receive one.

We have a limited amount of these, and they will be available until we run out.

11/21/2025

This November, during American Diabetes Month and Diabetes Related Eye Disease Awareness Month, check your risk for diabetes-related retinopathy with the RetinaRisk calculator and protect your site.

Try it today at https://diabetes.org/retinopathy-risk-test , and learn more about eye health by clicking the link below.

When your blood glucose (blood sugar) levels are above target range, over time, this can lead to diabetes-related eye disease. Diabetes affects your blood vessels, including the blood vessels in your eyes.

11/20/2025

Benefits of Quitting:

If you use to***co, one of the best things you can do for your health is quit. Your body begins repairing itself almost immediately after you stop using to***co—it’s never too late to quit! Here are the health benefits you’ll enjoy in the minutes, hours, days, and years after you kick the habit.

11/20/2025

Today is The Great American Smokeout! Let today be the day you make a commitment to start the journey toward a smoke-free life.

Encourage people to take a first step towards a smokefree life during the Great American Smokeout.

11/19/2025

Quitting smoking or va**ng isn’t easy—It takes time and a plan. You don’t have to quit in a single day.

Start with DAY ONE. The Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday in November is a perfect day to begin your journey to a smoke-free life. Join thousands across the country taking this important step toward better health and lowering cancer risk.

The American Cancer Society offers resources and support to help you quit. Click on the link for more information or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

The American Cancer Society is encouraging people who smoke to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking with The Great American Smokeout.

11/17/2025

Each Fall, as the leaves and temperatures drop and winter starts to settle in, we hunker down and prepare to do battle against a host of invisible enemies: Germs and viruses. And the battle has grown. What we used to call Cold and Flu Season has expanded to COVID, Cold, and Flu Season.

Top 10 things you should sanitize immediately:

1. Your cell phone (and desk phone, if you have one)
2. Your keyboard and mouse
3. Doorknobs and light switch plates
4. The kitchen counter (and faucets)
5. Stuffed animals, pillows, and blankets
6. Stairwell handrails
7. TV remote
8. The bathroom (faucets, toilet flush handles, counters)
9. Car steering wheel
10. Your keys