Month: January 2022
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Flu cases are declining in Kentucky, but season runs until May, and CDC says there’s still time and reasons to get vaccinated
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza cases in Kentucky have slowly declined...
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Legislature sends Beshear a bill to ban any ‘zero visitor’ policies in nursing homes other facilities, a legacy of the pandemic
State Sen. Julie Raque Adams (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to guarantee an essential caregiver’s right visit a resident at long-term care facilities, assisted-living communities...
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Pope Francis sees an “infodemic,” says access to accurate information about the coronavirus and vaccines is a human right
Pope Francis (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) —– Pope Francis said Friday that an “infodemic” is spreading, defining it as “a distortion of reality based on fear, falsified or invented news.”...
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Coronavirus cases remain high in Kentucky, but other measures of the pandemic, including Covid-19 hospitalizations, decline
Kentucky Health News graph; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases remain at near-record highs in Kentucky, but Covid-19 hospitalizations and the seven-day positive-test...
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Lexington students’ contacts with counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals have quadrupled in pandemic
The pandemic has quadrupled the “contacts between Fayette County students and district counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals,” reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the Lexington Herald-Leader. In the current school year, there...
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Pandemic numbers seem to be nearing peak in Ky., but Beshear advises caution, warning that hospitals could still be overrun
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the daily data signaled that the Omicron surge in coronavirus cases...
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Covid-19 can cause psychological problems; UK case is an example, and also of surgery that can prevent epileptic seizures
From left: Sally Mathias, M.D.; Aleina Milligan; her sister Kelly Milligan, the patient; Farhan Mirza, M.D., and Timothy Ainger, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky photo by Pete Comparoni) —– By Hillary Smith University...
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Virus infection rate stalls, but new-case average hits a new high and Covid-19 hospitalizations jump 4% in one day, nearing record
Regions in red are using over 80% of ICU beds. (State table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky...
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7-day average for Covid-19 cases a record; Ky. rate is No. 2 in nation; surge causing more hospitals to limit elective procedures
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Omicron variant of the coronavirus keeps surging in Kentucky, setting a record Tuesday for the highest seven-day rolling average, and the acceleration of...
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Pandemic still set records but may be nearing its crest in Ky.; short-staffed hospitals struggle to keep up; better masks urged
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As hope mounts that the...