Month: November 2021
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Not sure how to talk about Covid-19 vaccines with loved ones? Nurses offer a guide to ‘productive conversations’
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ guide to productive conversations about Covid-19 vaccines —– Covid-19 vaccines are likely to be a topic of conversation during the holidays, which could...
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Estill County paramedic and EMS trainer is recognized as ‘Community Star’ on National Rural Health Day
Shelia Wise (LinkedIn photo) —– Shelia Wise, a paramedic and training major at Estill County EMS in Irvine, has been recognized today by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health ...
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Outgoing National Institutes of Health director says disinformation, misinformation are fueling distrust in science and ‘Truth is losing’
Francis Collins, head of the National Institutes of Health, and Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH photo) —– By Rachel Roubein The Washington Post...
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The sooner you quit smoking, the better off your lungs will be; but the sooner you start, the higher will be your risk of cancer death
Photo: Getty Images/Wavebreakmedia —– Smoking’s negative health consequences are well known, but smokers can reduce―or even erase―their risk of dying from lung cancer by quitting at a young age, and...
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Rural Americans are the most likely to say the pandemic is over, and least likely to take precautions against it
The Atlantic/Leger poll was conducted Nov. 5-7. Click the image to enlarge or click here for the rest of the report. —– Though the coronavirus remains entrenched in rural areas, rural Americans are more likely...
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Exercise increases the body’s cannabis-like substances, which can help reduce chronic inflammation, English study shows
Photo: Shutterstock —– Exercise can reduce chronic inflammation by increasing the body’s own cannabis-like substances, which have the potential to treat conditions ranging from arthritis to cancer to heart disease....
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Health commissioner says to expect more coronavirus surges, so it’s important to keep encouraging vaccines despite resistance
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will continue to see coronavirus surges from time to time, and because Covid-19 still has the potential to overwhelm the health-care system, it’s...
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Coronavirus new-case rate goes up 7.9% in one day; state clears backlog of Covid-19 deaths and adds 212 to pandemic total
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the rate of new coronavirus cases in Kentucky jumped almost 8 percent in one day, state officials cleared a backlog of Covid-19 deaths,...
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Beshear urges ‘immediacy’ when it comes to getting a Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot, as Thanksgiving nears
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus infection rates in Kentucky kept inching up, Gov. Andy Beshear kept urging...
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All Ky. adults can get booster; new-case rate and hospitalizations up over 2%; cases in unmasked Warren County schools jump
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows cases increasing with colder weather. To enlarge any image, click on it; for the interactive version of this map, with local...