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13% more Kentuckians used prescription drugs for mental health in October than in January, as the pandemic added to stresses
Quote Wizard map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows increases in adjoining states and Southeast. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of 28 states that saw...
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Feds say Covid-19 home tests will ship directly to users starting Wed., same day they plan to put online the website to order them
The Biden administration says it will begin mailing Covid-19 tests directly to Americans on Wednesday, Jan. 19. That’s also the same day it plans to put online the U.S. Postal Service website...
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The world will probably wind up living with the coronavirus, but that approach poses risks, some medical experts warn
“Nations around the planet are making a subtle but consequential pivot in their war against the coronavirus: Crushing the virus is no longer the strategy,” reports Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post. “The phrase...
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High court blocks vaccine mandate at major workplaces, allows it at health-care sites that get federal money; nursing homes worry
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of President Biden’s requirement that workers for larger employers get vaccinated against Covid-19 or submit to weekly...
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Regular, moderate exercise may slow Parkinson’s symptoms
Seniors exercise. (Photo by the Parkinson’s Foundation) —– Regular, moderate exercise one to two hours a week by people with early-stage Parkinson’s disease may help slow the damage it does to the...
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Pandemic still setting records in Kentucky; more than 1 in 4 who get tested are positive; hospitals and schools are disrupted
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus cases continued to skyrocket Tuesday, and the...
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Sen. Rand Paul attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci again; Fauci tells him: ‘You are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain’
Anthony Fauci counterattacked against Rand Paul by showing pictures of a website on which Paul says to “Fire Dr. Fauci” and has nine buttons for contributions of increasing amounts. (Reuters photo) —–...
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Kynect health-insurance open enrollment extended to Jan. 31
Map shows choice of health insurance companies offering federally subsidized plans in each county. —– The deadline to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance through kynect.ky.gov , the state’s online portal,...
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Booster shot needed to protect against Omicron, lab study finds
Chelsea, Mass. (Photo from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) —– A booster shot of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is needed to provide immunity against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, according to a study just reported in...
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With the Omicron variant, N95 or equivalent masks are needed to stop infection, according to epidemiologists
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention photo shows a green N95 mask. —– The Omicron variant of the coronavirus “spreads much more quickly than its predecessors” and research “suggests the virus...