Day: October 18, 2021
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Churches could be a key to overcoming vaccine misinformation, resistance to perceived coercion by ‘The Man’ in Eastern Ky.
Pastor Billy Joe Lewis at his Leslie County church. (Kaiser Health News photo by Jessica Tezak) —– The key to keeping Eastern Kentucky hospitals from being overwhelmed by Covid-19, the flu...
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‘Long Covid’ hits over half of survivors, threatens health systems
Pharmaceutical Journal illustration —– According to a recent study at Penn State, more than half the people diagnosed with Covid-19 will suffer from “long Covid,” which can include one or more...
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Task force’s draft recommendation says most adults don’t need a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke
ABC News photo —– After years of saying middle-aged and older Americans should take a low-dose aspirin every day to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, the nation’s chief...
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Kynect open to preview federally subsidized health plans, with more options and bigger subsidies; enrollment open Nov. 1
Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Open enrollment for federally subsidized health-insurance coverage beginning in January will...
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Clark County judge-executive dies of Covid-19; Kentucky’s rural Covid-19 death rate is 6th in nation; infection rate is 13th
Chris Pace —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Overall, the metrics used to measure the pandemic in Kentucky were favorable on Friday: Coronavirus cases showed a slight drop, the...