Month: February 2022
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Appalachian youth use cameras in UK cancer center’s project to document and think about cancer in rural Kentucky
For 19-year-old Brianna Reyes Fry of Carter County, a butterfly represents a deeper meaning: “A butterfly resembles change. Kentucky needs change. We need a breakthrough.” (University of Kentucky photo by Pete...
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Virus cases keep falling, but not as quickly as in most states; Kentucky’s infection rate is seventh highest in the nation
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Like much of the nation, Kentucky’s coronavirus case...
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Covid-19 trend remains good, but governor says we have a way to go and cautions Kentuckians to not let their guard down
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics continue to move in...
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Another study shows that wearing a mask lowers the odds of getting Covid-19, and that the type of mask you wear matters
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two years into the pandemic, many people still refuse to wear a face mask as part...
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Louisville hospitals worry that shortage of nurses, worsened by the pandemic, will damage how they care for patients for years
Colleagues care for Becky Fulks, a nurse at University of Louisville Hospital nurse who nearly died from Covid-19 though she was vaccinated. Only 15% of Covid patients in hospitals are...
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Medicine treats individual patients; public health looks at causes and prevention of disease. Public-health dean explains her work.
Dean Donna Arnett, Ph.D. —– By Grace Colville UKNow, University of Kentucky Living in a pandemic has been an adjustment for everyone. Public health plays a larger role in the...
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Flu cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but could still rise; as long as there are any cases, it’s not too late to get vaccinated
State graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows flu-like illness at low level but higher than last year —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After reaching a peak in...
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Tornado cleanup is more than physical; loss and suffering take emotional and psychological tolls that can be harder to deal with
Downtown Mayfield is pictured on Feb. 2. (Photo by William Widmer for The New York Times) —– About 40 percent of the debris from the gigantic tornado that plowed through 200...
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New law protects consumers from surprise medical bills
Graphic from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As of Jan. 1, Americans who get surprise medical bills have new federal consumer protections....
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Kentucky Covid-19 hospitalizations have biggest one-day drop in months; virus new-case rate keeps falling but remains 2nd in U.S.
New York Times graphs show Kentucky’s new-case rate is second highest. Click on image to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases, Covid-19 hospitalizations and percentage of...