Author: Al Cross
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Some Kentuckians say ticks are worse than ever; experts can’t say that, but offer ways to protect yourself from tick-borne illness
Lone Star ticks on Anna Pasternack’s wrist (photo provided; click to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentuckians are saying ticks are more plentiful than ever this...
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Beshear says Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare should end challenges to law that let his father expand Medicaid in Kentucky
A slide Beshear displayed at his press conference By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Patient Protection...
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UK seeks children under 12 to be part of Covid-19 vaccine trial
The University of Kentucky is seeking children from six months through 11 years old to participate in a federally funded clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus. UK is one of 90 sites...
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Ky. averaging more than 15,000 coronavirus vaccine doses per day in last seven days, more than half again as previous week
Vaccinations for the coronavirus continue to increase in Kentucky, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as analyzed and displayed by The Washington Post in a chart adapted...
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Firm that has 30 addiction-treatment centers in Kentucky has its largest one on a former college campus near Springfield
Joseph Bentley got his GED degree at Crown Recovery and now helps others do it. (Photo by Jonathon Gregg, Spectrum News) —– Addiction Recovery Care has been serving patients since on the former...
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Health plans’ vaccination campaign moves to Eastern Kentucky; vaccinations are on the rise, perhaps due to state incentives
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At a different county health department in the heart of Eastern Kentucky each day this week, Kentucky’s health-insurance companies will give away ten $100...
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Local collaborations help tackle Ky.’s health problems, and can be guided by hospitals’ and health departments’ needs assessments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Collaborations in individual communities can play a critical role when it comes to improving Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, largely because those outcomes are grounded...
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Local businesses can play a big role in getting rural customers and neighbors vaccinated for Covid-19; organizations offer help
“A return to regular, small-town living will require a continuous effort to get residents vaccinated for Covid-19, according to the head of the Rural America Chamber of Commerce,” Adilia Watson reports...
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Virus that was suppressed by pandemic measures resurges in Ky. and the South; main threat is to younger kids, vulnerable adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people in Kentucky and states to the south to look out for a respiratory illness that is spreading in the region. The disease...
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Rural Ky. needs more community health workers and medical-school residents, legislators and UK hospital executive say
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Improving health care and health in rural Kentucky will take more people in the health-care workforce, specifically at the top and bottom of the...