Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Research finds ‘long Covid’ could be linked to changes in cells in people with severe Covid-19; underscores importance of vaccine
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A small study has found that severe cases of Covid-19 can lead to lasting changes in the human immune system, the first line of...
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Ky. Covid hospitalizations more than double, and exceed U.S. rate, but hospitals say they have been small and ‘manageable’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen an uptick in Covid-19 cases, and local outbreaks, along with other illnesses, have shut down several school districts. This has also...
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Small ‘summer spike’ in Covid-19 cases in Kentucky attributable to a slightly more contagious strain; new shot recommended
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern The “vast majority” of Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases are now the variant EG.5 – also known as “Eris” – according to Louisville infectious disease expert Dr....
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Schools in Lee, Magoffin close due to Covid-19, other illnesses
The predicted “summer surge” of Covid-19 has been relatively small, but large enough in some Kentucky school districts to make them suspend classes. Magoffin County schools closed Thursday and Friday,...
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UK doctors of pharmacy answer questions about Covid vaccines
By Amy Picirilli University of Kentucky The Covid-19 public-health emergency may be officially over, but Covid has not completely disappeared from concern. Lexington hospitals are seeing an increase in Covid...
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New vaccines being released next month for Covid-19, the flu and RSV are expected to curb ever-mutating respiratory viruses
Kentucky Health News Americans will have access to several vaccines this fall to protect them against respiratory viruses, including Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but effectively deploying them...
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UK HealthCare joins several other Kentucky hospital systems and will no longer require employees to get a Covid-19 vaccination
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Federal rules requiring Covid-19 vaccinations in health care settings were lifted in early June, and while several of the larger Kentucky hospital systems soon...
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Covid-19 vaccines: What parents need to know now
The Covid-19 pandemic is no longer a national emergency, but the virus that caused it isn’t gone—and neither is the risk of getting the disease, says Children’s Hospital Los Angeles....
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Excess Covid-19 deaths grew in 2nd year despite vaccines; study cites shortage of rural vaccinations; Ky. fared worst during Delta
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Scientists generally believe that the number of deaths attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic has been understated, and they point to what they call “excess...
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Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers ended in mid-June, but some major Kentucky hospitals still have such policies
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News About a month ago, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services withdrew its requirement that health-care workers get a Covid-19 vaccination, and while the...