Category: FEATURED
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Isolation, closures and lethal drug supply likely contributed to the big increase in drug overdose deaths in Kentucky last year
CNN photo —– The 49% increase in drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2020 included a big jump among young people, Jasmine Demers reports for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Her object example...
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More than half of state’s acute-care hospitals report critical staff shortages; 7-day average of new coronavirus cases sets a record
Ky. Health News graph; daily cases from initial, unadjusted reports. For a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Before celebrating the...
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State has second highest number of new cases; 1/3 of hospitals critically short of staff; Beshear says Ky. in ‘uncharted territory’
Screenshot of KHN-adapted New York Times map; for interactive version, with local data, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Kentucky hospitals struggle with enough beds and...
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Morehead hospital is so desperate for staff that it may put coronavirus-positive nurses back to work, in its Covid-19 units
Drs. Adam Howard and William Melahn (St. Claire photo) —– St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead is so desperate for staff that it may bring back to work nurses who have...
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Today: 65 deaths reported, 2nd most of pandemic; 4,849 new cases, 3rd most; hospital and positive-test numbers at new highs
State Department for Public Health data and table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. Some hospitals have staffing shortages, so not all beds are available. —–...
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Early exposure to tobacco smoke may speed the aging process
Getty image —– Early exposure to tobacco smoke, firsthand and secondhand, may make your body age more quickly, a European study suggests. The study in the journal Environment International builds on earlier...
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UofL Health-Jewish Hospital team is second in U.S. to implant a new type of artificial heart; Indiana man ‘doing well’ after 5 days
Mark Slaughter, M.D. (University of Louisville photo) —– The University of Louisville announced Wednesday that UofL Health-Jewish Hospital had implanted a new type of artificial heart in a Southern Indiana man, making it the second...
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In southeastern Kentucky’s Covid-19 hotspot, health-care providers try to fight misinformation without confrontation
Martin and Joyce Huff (Photo provided) —– By Jamie Lucke Kentucky Health News Martin Huff of WYGE Christian Radio in London says he never shied from vaccines before. He gets an annual flu...
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In one day, Covid-19 hospital cases increase 6.4%, surpassing 2,000; ICU cases rise 11.3%, ICU patients on ventilators 12.3%
Ky. Health News graph (click on it to enlarge); daily cases are from unadjusted initial reports. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases continue to...
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Covid-19 vaccination is on the rise in Kentucky; as Pfizer vaccine gets permanent approval, Rep. Guthrie immediately promotes it
Coronavirus vaccinations are accelerating in Kentucky, and when permanent federal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was announced Monday, Second District U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green immediately joined another effort to urge...