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As pandemic keeps trending down, some school districts make masks optional; the governor says they shouldn’t be doing that
State Dept. for Public Health graph and map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state’s coronavirus infection rate keeps falling, and some...
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Churches could be a key to overcoming vaccine misinformation, resistance to perceived coercion by ‘The Man’ in Eastern Ky.
Pastor Billy Joe Lewis at his Leslie County church. (Kaiser Health News photo by Jessica Tezak) —– The key to keeping Eastern Kentucky hospitals from being overwhelmed by Covid-19, the flu...
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Some chiropractors are sources of vaccine misinformation
“At a time when the surgeon general says misinformation has become an urgent threat to public health, an investigation by The Associated Press found a vocal and influential group of chiropractors has...
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FDA authorizes (but doesn’t ‘approve’) three vaping products, saying benefits of helping smokers quit outweigh risk to youth
New York Times photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized three electronic-cigarette products for sale in the United States, marking the first time...
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Ky. Covid-19 metrics continue to drop, including vaccinations
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of the coronavirus continue to wane in...
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Covid-19 vaccine is ‘best tool in toolbox’ for kids to fight infection, but monoclonal antibodies are available for some who get it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The best way to keep your child from getting Covid-19 is to get them vaccinated, and if they test positive for the disease, it’s...
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Even small breezes can increase virus transmission outside
Getty Images —– In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found that when someone coughs outside, “wind flowing in the same direction” can cause Covid-19 to replicate “faster...
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Pandemic trend remains favorable; UK pediatrician encourages youth to get vaccinated, get antibody treatment if test positive
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Monday’s coronavirus numbers in Kentucky are all good: Cases...
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Anderson Co. schools paying teachers to get vaccinated, but one board member incorrectly calls vaccines ‘experimental drugs’
Anderson County (Wikipedia map) —– Editor’s note: None of the three vaccines approved for use in the U.S. are experimental. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been permanently licensed, and the Moderna vaccine has applied for a...
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Doctors, including one in Lexington, say Covid-19 denial and misinformation make it exasperating to treat the unvaccinated
Dr. Ryan Stanton (Baptist Health photo) —– Health-care workers “are growing weary of Covid-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the Delta-driven surge,” The Associated Press reports after...