Category: FEATURED
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Opinion: We can’t wish Covid-19 away, so get a shot; when Beshear and McConnell ‘agree on something, we should listen’
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh This Fourth of July I was able to celebrate with my immediate family, all but the children have been fully vaccinated. We are...
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McConnell, others want to keep ban on all fentanyl analogues; UK professor and allies object to mandatory minimum sentences
Alex Elswick —– Fentanyl, the latest scourge of the opioid epidemic, is a synthetic. That makes it relatively easy to make different versions, called analogues, with slightly different chemical formulas....
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Seven-day average of new coronavirus cases jumps 15.3% in one day; positive-test rate is above 3% for first time in nearly 3 months
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky firmly joined the ranks of states with rising number of coronavirus cases Friday, as the seven-day average of daily new cases jumped more...
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Dean of UK College of Public Health says state officials’ efforts against the pandemic kept Kentucky from being a hotspot
By Hal Morris University of Kentucky Donna Arnett makes no bones about her goals for the UK College of Public Health. “We’re a very ambitious college with a very ambitious agenda,” says...
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As more contagious variant of coornavirus becomes dominant, Ky. positive-test rate has increased by over half in last two weeks
Kentucky Health News graph, from state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of the coronavirus and the share of Kentuckians testing positive...
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As Republican resistance complicates national vaccination effort, McConnell keeps pitching it; pundit calls Massie a demagogue
Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene called June 15 for the firing of Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Photo by Jim Watson, Agence France-Press/Getty Images) —– As The Washington Post ran a column with a headline saying...
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UK and other Ky. partners get grant to expand and coordinate prevention of stroke, which kills over 2,000 in state each year
Larry Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA —– The University of Kentucky, the state Department for Public Health, the University of Louisville and other state partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to expand and...
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July 4 weekend worries public-health experts; more contagious variant causing outbreaks in lightly vaccinated Missouri, Arkansas
Screenshot of New York Times interactive map, from CDC new-case data; click on it to enlarge. —– Outbreaks of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus are filling up hospitals in the...
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Writer recalls what it was like to visit her unvaccinated relatives
By Teri Carter Seven of us are crowded around a table for six in a packed Missouri restaurant called The Southerner, waiting for entrees that are taking forever to arrive. “Aw,...
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First six vaccine lottery winners are announced; rate of new virus cases in Kentucky falls, but positive-test rate keeps going up
Winners of Kentucky’s first “Shot at a Million” lottery in Capitol rotunda (Governor’s office photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced the first winners of Kentucky’s...