Day: November 15, 2019
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Celebrate National Rural Health Day with a week of events starting Monday
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy is planning a week of events to observe National Rural Health Day on Nov. 21. Nov. 18 From 9:30 a.m. ET to 12:30 p.m., the National Institutes of Health will hold a...
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More action needed to protect patients from antibiotic-resistant infections, which kill an American every 15 minutes, CDC says
The University of Louisville Hospital got a D overall in the Leapfrog Group’s patient-safety ratings and was rated poorly in dealing with one of the major antibiotic-resistant infections, Methicillin-resistant staphlycoccus areus (MRSA), and C. diff, an infection related...
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With the holiday season just ahead, it’s more important than ever to get this year’s flu shot, state health department says
Mayo Clinic photo —– The state Department for Public Health is pushing Kentuckians to get their flu shots, since the holiday season is approaching. “People will be traveling and families will gather...