Day: November 28, 2018
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3 more hepatitis cases reported among Lexington food workers
Lexington Herald-Leader graphic — Three more restaurant workers in the Lexington area have been found to have hepatitis A, but the state still has no food-borne cases of the disease...
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Pikeville Medical Center creating children’s hospital, expanding heart-care center, adding other facilities; total cost $52 million
Pikeville Medical Center announced Tuesday that it would spend $7 million to relocate and expand its inpatient pediatrics clinic into a children’s hospital, and establish, expand or improve nine other...
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Romaine lettuce is OK to eat unless it was grown in the Central Coast region of California, federal agencies say
After urging Americans not to eat any romaine lettuce, two federal agencies have limited their warning to lettuce grown in the Central Coast region of California. The Centers for Disease...
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Sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise, even as funding to prevent and treat them is declining
Health officials are worried about this strain of gonorrhea that resists antibiotics. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo) — “Health officials are tracking record-breaking rates of sexually transmitted disease,...