Month: October 2021
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Kentucky’s decline from the peak of the pandemic has been steeper than the nation’s; vaccination rate now 24th among states
Washington Post map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows rates in bordering and nearby states and Puerto Rico, the national leader. —– Kentucky Health News The decline of new coronavirus cases...
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Obesity is big risk factor for severe Covid-19, and that’s important in Kentucky, which is No. 1 in obesity of children aged 10 to 17
Despite the recent decline in new coronavirus infections, appears to be on the decline, “The risk to children and adults is still significant,” Hilary Brown reports for the University of Kentucky. “Of the...
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Most pandemic metrics are favorable, except intensive-care cases
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Wednesday, and vaccinations are on...
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Foundation gives $20,000 to spur vaccination in low-vax counties
State Department for Public Health vaccination-rate map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —- The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded grants totaling $20,000 to increase uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines in counties with the...
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The pandemic map is mainly orange, but has plenty of red counties; kids could start getting Pfizer shots as early as Nov. 3
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge any image, click on it. —– New York Times map shows how state compares. Interactive version here. By Al Cross Kentucky...
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UK physician Peterson will be co-presenter in Nov. 9 webinar about the critical role of family physicians in rural America
Lars Peterson, M.D., Ph.D. —– A University of Kentucky physician and a University of Washington researcher will hold a webinar at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 to discuss the critical role of family physicians...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus drops below 6%, but Beshear says daily new cases are still too high
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; first-month figures are unreliable due to few tests. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsThe metrics to measure the coronavirus in...
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Kentucky’s 10- to 17-year-old youth rank No. 1 for obesity; high-school students rank fifth, 2-to-4-year-olds in WIC program sixth
Map from foundation report, adapted by Kentucky Health News to show rates in bordering states and the Southeast —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In 2019-20, Kentucky had the...
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Cardiovascular endurance exercises are better than weightlifting and other resistance exercise for improving health, study finds
Endurance exercises such as running or biking may be more beneficial to human health than resistance exercises such as weightlifting, says a Swedish study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Researchers from...
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Since start of pandemic, Kentucky’s case rate is 17% above U.S. average, but state’s Covid-19 death rate appears near average
New York Times map adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with county rates. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a higher rate of coronavirus cases,...