Author: Al Cross
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Kentucky farmers, often beset by circumstances, can take advantage of a new program to support their mental health
Logo of the program, which began in 2020 —– The following story is from The Goldenrod, which normally covers rural Eastern and Central Kentucky. Editor Sarah Baird writes, “If you live...
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Case numbers show the pandemic in Kentucky is on a decline, but cases in children are more than a quarter of the daily total
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted reports. (Click image to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Tuesday’s Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky offered yet another day...
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UK researcher who pioneered faith-based project to tackle cervical cancer has expanded her work to the national level
Nancy Schoenberg —– By Alicia Gregory and Ben Corwin University of Kentucky The best solutions begin when you listen to the people whose problems you’re trying to solve. That community-based...
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Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 case numbers and positive-test rate are on the decline, offering hope for the weeks to come
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky got a hopeful Covid-19...
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Research suggests local journalists quote local experts, not Fauci, when discussing pandemic health guidelines
Dr. Anthony Fauci —– Rural journalists are charged with keeping readers informed about the coronavirus pandemic, but widespread skepticism of government-endorsed public-health measures makes it difficult (as rural Minnesota publisher-editor...
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Flu cases are declining in Kentucky, but season runs until May, and CDC says there’s still time and reasons to get vaccinated
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza cases in Kentucky have slowly declined...
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Legislature sends Beshear a bill to ban any ‘zero visitor’ policies in nursing homes other facilities, a legacy of the pandemic
State Sen. Julie Raque Adams (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to guarantee an essential caregiver’s right visit a resident at long-term care facilities, assisted-living communities...
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Pope Francis sees an “infodemic,” says access to accurate information about the coronavirus and vaccines is a human right
Pope Francis (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) —– Pope Francis said Friday that an “infodemic” is spreading, defining it as “a distortion of reality based on fear, falsified or invented news.”...
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Coronavirus cases remain high in Kentucky, but other measures of the pandemic, including Covid-19 hospitalizations, decline
Kentucky Health News graph; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases remain at near-record highs in Kentucky, but Covid-19 hospitalizations and the seven-day positive-test...
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Lexington students’ contacts with counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals have quadrupled in pandemic
The pandemic has quadrupled the “contacts between Fayette County students and district counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals,” reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the Lexington Herald-Leader. In the current school year, there...