Day: May 8, 2023
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National public-health emergency for Covid-19 ends Thursday but experts warn that another Omicron-like outbreak is still possible
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, and the U.S. public health emergency ends May 11, but the pandemic is not over and the disease remans a threat, the...
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UK’s new Food as Health Alliance will look at ways to use food to improve patient outcomes and Kentucky’s overall health
The University of Kentucky Food as Health Alliance celebrated its official launch April 27 with a $200,000 contribution from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group of insurance...
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FDA approves first-ever RSV vaccine for people 60 and older
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People 60 and older now have access to the first approved vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. The vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is called Arexvy and...
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Loneliness poses a public-health threat, prompting a rare advisory from the surgeon general, with a plan to rebuild social connections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The physical and societal harms that come from loneliness are so bad that America’s top public-health official has issued a rare advisory with a...
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Young Ky. woman battles two extremely rare health conditions
A young Kentucky woman is facing an uphill battle to fight two extremely rare health conditions, one affecting her blood and the other her liver, Phil Pendleton reports for Lexington’s WKYT-TV....