Category: FEATURED
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Omicron: Misinformation, some of it disinformation, is outpacing factual information; news media can help mitigate that
Photo illustration by The Daily Beast —– “In July, a fake slide deck with the logos of the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum purporting to show a...
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Beshear declares emergency to help get more students into nursing schools to relieve state’s ‘dire’ shortage of nurses
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared an emergency Thursday, allowing the state to take special...
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Legislature will again be asked to let local governments pass tobacco-regulation ordinances, aimed at preventing youth use
Sen. Paul Hornback —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers can expect another bill to be filed in January to give local governments the ability to regulate tobacco...
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Pikeville Medical Center now includes Eastern Kentucky’s first hospital for children, thanks to federal grants and donors
Outpatient examination room in hospital (Photo by Silas Walker, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Pikeville Medical Center has opened the first children’s hospital in Eastern Kentucky. The 13,400-square-foot facility, with 10 child-themed patient rooms...
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Sen. Rand Paul’s false claim that masks don’t work against the coronavirus gets Four Pinocchios from The Washington Post
Washington Post graphic —– By Salvador Rizzo The Washington Post “When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work....
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Feeling older than you are? You may not be getting enough sleep
Shutterstock —– Getting plenty of sleep is important not just for physical health but also for your own perception of your health. A study led by the University of Exeter in England found that...
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Pineville Community Health Center gets the first loan from a new program to help Kentucky’s struggling rural hospitals
Pineville Community Health Center (Photo from Pineville Sun-Cumberland Courier) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pineville Community Health Center Inc. is the first health facility in Kentucky to be approved...
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Ky. ranks first in lung-cancer cases, and low in survival and early diagnosis, but prevention, screening and treatment are easier now
At 89 cases per 100,000 residents, Kentucky is No. 1 in the rate of new lung cancer cases. The national rate is 58. (Map from the American Lung Association 2021 State of Lung Cancer report) —–...
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Omicron could be more contagious than Delta, but experts say it’s unlikely to be completely resistant to vaccines; research needed
By Meryl Kornfield, Adela Suliman, Christine Armario and María Luisa Paúl The Washington Post A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is raising concern around the world. South Africa confirmed Thursday...
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TV commercials from aging quarterbacks and others for private Medicare plans don’t tell the whole story, such as high deductibles
Joe Namath, in image from Medicare Advantage TV commercial aired in Fall 2020 —– By Trudy Lieberman It seems nothing ever changes when it comes to hawking insurance to fill...