Month: April 2022
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USA Today reports on its analysis of Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes last winter, with a focus on Trilogy Health Services
Some Trilogy Health Services residents who died of Covid-19 (Photos contributed to USA Today) —– USA Today recently published its findings from an in-depth analysis that looked at Covid-19 nursing home deaths...
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Coronavirus positive-test rate in Ky. rose from 3.12% to 4.35% last week, even as cases and Covid-19 hospital numbers dropped
Kentucky Health News map with Dept. for Public Health data on GISGeography base map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...
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First phase of $87 million HEALing Communities Study to address opioid epidemic has touched thousands of Kentuckians
UK’s Sharon Walsh, Carrie Oser and Amanda Fallin-Bennett, along with the Clark County Health Department’s Jennifer Gulley (second from left) presented an update on community engagement in UK’s HEALing grant at...
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Tick season nears. 10% of ticks carry debilitating diseases; quick action can prevent them. And UK wants you to send in your ticks!
Lucie Conchou works in UK entomologist Zainulabeuddin Syed’s lab. (Photo by Matt Barton) —– Kentucky Health News Ticks are a threat in Kentucky year-round, but especially in the summer months. The...
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Albert B. Chandler Hospital at UK opened 60 years ago today
The latest Chandler Hospital is on Limestone Street. —– By Kristi Willett University of Kentucky Sixty years ago today, the Albert B. Chandler Hospital at the University of Kentucky opened its doors...
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Latest CDC map shows all of Kentucky has low level of Covid-19
CDC map shows all of Kentucky in green, for low levels of Covid-19 transmission. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every county in Kentucky has a low level of...
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Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention virtual event is Tuesday, April 26; it’s free, but registration is required
The fourth Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention event will take place Tuesday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. The virtual event will focus on food and...
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Beshear says he is looking at ways to bring medical marijuana to Ky. by executive action, while seeking public’s opinion on topic
Business Insider map provided by Beshear’s office, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky failed again...
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Judge blocks state’s new anti-abortion law, pending study of it
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings —– Kentucky Health News A federal judge has blocked Kentucky’s broad, new anti-abortion law, saying it has so many restrictions that she needs time to...
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Free academy at Pikeville June 12-25 will introduce rising high-school seniors and juniors in Appalachian Kentucky to nursing
The regional development group Shaping our Appalachian Region and the state Department for Public Health’s Office of Health Equity are hosting the first Appalachian Nursing Academy June 12-25 at the University of Pikeville for rising juniors and...