Month: August 2021
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Morehead hospital is so desperate for staff that it may put coronavirus-positive nurses back to work, in its Covid-19 units
Drs. Adam Howard and William Melahn (St. Claire photo) —– St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead is so desperate for staff that it may bring back to work nurses who have...
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Today: 65 deaths reported, 2nd most of pandemic; 4,849 new cases, 3rd most; hospital and positive-test numbers at new highs
State Department for Public Health data and table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. Some hospitals have staffing shortages, so not all beds are available. —–...
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Early exposure to tobacco smoke may speed the aging process
Getty image —– Early exposure to tobacco smoke, firsthand and secondhand, may make your body age more quickly, a European study suggests. The study in the journal Environment International builds on earlier...
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UofL Health-Jewish Hospital team is second in U.S. to implant a new type of artificial heart; Indiana man ‘doing well’ after 5 days
Mark Slaughter, M.D. (University of Louisville photo) —– The University of Louisville announced Wednesday that UofL Health-Jewish Hospital had implanted a new type of artificial heart in a Southern Indiana man, making it the second...
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In southeastern Kentucky’s Covid-19 hotspot, health-care providers try to fight misinformation without confrontation
Martin and Joyce Huff (Photo provided) —– By Jamie Lucke Kentucky Health News Martin Huff of WYGE Christian Radio in London says he never shied from vaccines before. He gets an annual flu...
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In one day, Covid-19 hospital cases increase 6.4%, surpassing 2,000; ICU cases rise 11.3%, ICU patients on ventilators 12.3%
Ky. Health News graph (click on it to enlarge); daily cases are from unadjusted initial reports. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases continue to...
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Is it your time? Only if you let it be; the Lord works in mysterious ways, except when He doesn’t, writer says, urging vaccination
This photo, by Nicole Hester of mlive.com, appeared with Whitmire’s column on al.com. —– By Kyle Whitmire Alabama Media Group I was 10 years old when my mom died. She was killed...
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As Covid-19 sets hospital records, Beshear calls out National Guard to help, meets with legislators empowered by high court
State Department for Public Health graph —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear shifts to a new role of executing and not making pandemic policy,...
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Covid-19 vaccination is on the rise in Kentucky; as Pfizer vaccine gets permanent approval, Rep. Guthrie immediately promotes it
Coronavirus vaccinations are accelerating in Kentucky, and when permanent federal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was announced Monday, Second District U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green immediately joined another effort to urge...
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Sense of community and common sacrifice missing among many in pandemic, especially some politicians, Silas House writes
House (Berea College photo) —– In a 1,634-word article for The Atlantic, Appalachian Kentucky writer Silas House explores the resistance to masking to fight the coronavirus. He begins by recalling his grandmother’s stories of...