Author: Al Cross
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Doctors back booster shots for recent Covid-19 variants, saying vaccines are especially needed now that cooler weather is here
iStock/Getty Images Plus photo illustration via Kaiser Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on...
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Key Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky drop for second week in row, but N.Y. Times ranks state first for new cases in last seven days
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows coronavirus hot spots. Kentucky ranks first; West Virginia is a close second. For a larger version, click on it; to...
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Cutting barriers to tobacco-quitting treatment helped, but not enough; Ky. has wide differences among regions, and not enough money
Photo: healthyplace.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since Kentucky passed a law in 2017 that reduced barriers to tobacco treatment and counseling, Kentucky Medicaid providers have diagnosed more...
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UK study to test effectiveness of kiosk with harm-reduction goods as way to increase access and fight the stigma felt by drug users
An example of a harm reduction vending machine in Cincinnati (Photo from Kiosk Marketplace) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News To fight feelings of stigma that discourage intravenous drug...
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Ky. has 82 syringe exchange programs in 63 counties, the most of any state, but state drug-control official says ‘That’s not enough’
Stars show syringe-exchange sites; colors show district departments; white counties are independent. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has more syringe service programs than any other state,...
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CDC says 108 counties have elevated Covid-19 risk; Ky.’s new-case rate ranks 2nd; Beshear urges use of new booster vaccine
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remains on a rough plateau, but it’s a high plateau. Seventy of...
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With no exceptions for rape or incest, Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban can force children as young as 9 to deliver a baby
Courier Journal graphic; for a larger version, click on it; to download, right-click. —– While pregnancy in very young girls is rare, it does happen. “In Kentucky, the two youngest...
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Young mother who had a rare Stage 4 cancer is now in remission
Anne Sydney Parrish and family (Photo by Amani Nichae) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky With around-the-clock feedings, diaper changes and sleepless nights, the weeks after bringing home a new...
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Kentucky will get at least $14 million from states’ $438.5 million agreement with Juul after probe of the causes of teen vaping
Image from Juul.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs will pay $438.5 million to 33 states and Puerto Rico to settle a two-year investigation into the...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky keep going up and down; fell 10% last week, with 29% of new cases in people 18 and younger
New York Times map shows Kentucky and Central Appalachia remain hot spots. (Click it to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Last week, most metrics to measure the...