Author: Al Cross
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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...
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New coronavirus cases in Ky. keep dropping, but it keeps killing; Ky. deaths over 13,000; new-vaccination rate continues decline
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the metrics used to measure the pandemic...
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Cases and positivity rate continue to drop, but 28% of new cases are again in 18-and-unders, and hospitalizations remain high
Kentucky Health News graph from state data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus remain high, but...
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McConnell: Time to wind down Covid-19 emergency; Beshear says Ky. still needs resources from it but is ‘pretty close to normal’
Sen. Mitch McConnell speaking on Senate floor. Photo captured from YouTube. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says it’s time to trust science and the...