Author: Heather Close
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The sickest rural Americans may be the least able to afford care
A new study by the University of Southern Maine shows that in the two years prior to the pandemic, rural residents who were the most in need of medical care...
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Questions and answers about end of public-health emergency
By Kate Yandell SciCheck, a service of FactCheck May 11 marked the end of the federal public health emergency for Covid-19, bringing changes to health care and public benefits. These...
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End of public-health emergency means less frequent reporting, and Covid-19 is still circulating, so take care, doctors advise
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Mostly-green maps have become a symbol of the decline of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the end of the national public-health emergency on Thursday, Kentucky...
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If you have ever been helped by a nurse, thank them, but especially in May; it’s National Nurses Month
By Donna Meador Kentucky Nurses Association May is National Nurses Month. As the professional organization representing all of Kentucky’s 90,000 nurses, the Kentucky Nurses Association would like to take a...
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More Kentucky youth received emergency care for self-harm in 2021 than in 2020, reversing decline in youths’ intentional injuries
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky youth received emergency care in the first year of the pandemic for self-harm and assault, but in the second year, the number...
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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....