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UK seeks children under 12 to be part of Covid-19 vaccine trial
The University of Kentucky is seeking children from six months through 11 years old to participate in a federally funded clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus. UK is one of 90 sites...
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Local collaborations help tackle Ky.’s health problems, and can be guided by hospitals’ and health departments’ needs assessments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Collaborations in individual communities can play a critical role when it comes to improving Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, largely because those outcomes are grounded...
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Local businesses can play a big role in getting rural customers and neighbors vaccinated for Covid-19; organizations offer help
“A return to regular, small-town living will require a continuous effort to get residents vaccinated for Covid-19, according to the head of the Rural America Chamber of Commerce,” Adilia Watson reports...
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Virus that was suppressed by pandemic measures resurges in Ky. and the South; main threat is to younger kids, vulnerable adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people in Kentucky and states to the south to look out for a respiratory illness that is spreading in the region. The disease...
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Rural Ky. needs more community health workers and medical-school residents, legislators and UK hospital executive say
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Improving health care and health in rural Kentucky will take more people in the health-care workforce, specifically at the top and bottom of the...
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At last regular Covid-19 press briefing, Beshear says crisis is over but pandemic is not; rescinds most restrictions, reflects on fight
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In his last regular Covid-19 press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear lifted the statewide mask mandate for most settings, ended capacity limits for businesses and...
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Rural and conservative congressional districts, in Kentucky and the nation as a whole, have lower coronavirus vaccination rates
Map from Harvard University study; click here for the interactive version. —– More conservative and more rural Americans – and Kentuckians – are more likely to remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus, and the divide...
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Spencer County residents with ‘country spirit’ cite mistrust of government, side effects, perceived links to abortion as reasons they’re not vaccinated
Spencer County stands out in an adapted screenshot of the Dept. for Public Health interactive map. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News TAYLORSVILLE, Ky. – In 21 of Kentucky’s 120 counties...
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As vaccinations slack again, mutant virus variants still threaten us
Kentucky Covid-19 vaccinations slacked off considerably last week, falling below 10,000 a day. (Chart of CDC data by The Washington Post, updated and relabeled by Kentucky Health News) —– If you think the pandemic...
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CDC says recent increase in hospitalization of young people for Covid-19 shows need for their age group to get vaccinated
Amy Kreutziger, 14, got a shot in New Orleans in May. (Photo by Kathleen Flynn, Reuters, via Washington Post) —– After decreasing early this year, hospitalizations of adolescents for Covid-19...