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Health Alerts
The health and safety of our residents is a priority of the Bourbon County Health Department (BCHD). To ensure residents can make the best-informed health decisions, we’ve provided a list of product and safety resources below.
Our agency routinely publishes food and safety recalls on our social media platforms. However, residents can subscribe to email alerts from the resources listed. To stay up to date with the latest safety and outbreak information, please follow our Facebook or Instagram page @bourboncohd.
For other product recalls, please visit: Recalls.gov
Travel Health Notices
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – Traveler’s Health
Respiratory Virus Activity for Kentucky
Respiratory Viruses – Cabinet for Health and Family Services
KY Public Health Respiratory Diseases Dashboard
To view rates by county, click one of the respiratory illness tabs, then click the map tab in the right corner.
West Nile Virus & La Crosse Virus
Kentucky and nearby states are seeing more cases of West Nile Virus and La Crosse virus. As of September 30, 2025, there have been 19 cases of West Nile Virus in Kentucky, including one death. This is more than the usual 7 cases we see each year.
There have also been two confirmed cases of La Crosse virus and two more suspected cases in Eastern and Central Kentucky this year. To give you an idea, only 11 cases were reported in Kentucky from 2003 to 2024.
🦟 Here’s how to stay safe:
- Use a registered EPA-approved mosquito repellent.
- Wear long sleeves and pants or clothing treated with permethrin to keep mosquitoes away.
- Stay indoors from dusk till dawn when mosquitoes are busiest.
- Put screens on windows and doors or use air conditioning to keep mosquitoes out.
- Eliminate, cover, or dump standing water around your house.
- Get free mosquito dunks at our health department while they last!
Food & Drug Recalls
Different government agencies are responsible for protecting different segments of the food supply. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) both publish foods safety recall information and provide sign up for email alerts to the public.
The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracks and publishes the latest information on food borne outbreaks. For a current list of Multistate food borne outbreaks notices visit: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/lists/outbreaks-list.html
Consumer Products & Toys
Motor Vehicle, Tire or Car Seat Recalls
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (See middle of the page)