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Graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads postponed again
Food and Drug Administration illustration of some proposed labels —- A judge has given cigarette manufacturers until Jan. 14, 2022 to place graphic warning labels on their traditional cigarette packs,...
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Governor finalizes school reopening rules, makes them only advisory for private schools; all pandemic metrics down for day
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the novel coronavirus ebbed slightly in...
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More Ky. hospitals got As on safety-grade report; most still get Cs
Screenshot of Laepfrog page for Whitesburg ARH Hospital, which got a C, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version of the image, click on...
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Plain talk’s understood: ‘Snot and spit … spread infection,’ health chief says as he advises us to ‘hunker down’ during the holidays
White House task force graph shows national numbers; Kentucky’s trends have been similar. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases in Kentucky appear to have plateaued, but infection...
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Public-health officials and workers are ‘a public punching bag’ in a politicized pandemic; 1 in 10 in Ky. have left since it began
Kaiser Health News map; to enlarge, click on it. —– Local public-health officials and workers “have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic...
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McCracken County student who got hooked on e-cigs, then fought for limits on them, is named a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
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With first vaccinations expected Monday, but only the beginning of long rollout that will run well into summer, Beshear urges caution
A container with insulated boxes of vaccine is rolled from a plane into UPS Worldport in Louisville. (Photo provided by governor’s office) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the first shipments...
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Employee of convenience-store chain named Ky. Healthy Policy Champion for helping prevent tobacco sales to underage buyers
Albert Gray —– Albert Gray of Five Star Food Marts has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for his contributions to preventing the sale of tobacco products to underage consumers of...
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Ky. pandemic numbers hold mostly steady as vaccine is shipped
New York Times map (colors differ from map used by Ky. Department of Public Health); for county numbers, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in...
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Health officials encourage Kentuckians without symptoms to get coronavirus tests at testing sites, not hospital emergency rooms
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington health officials are imploring Kentuckians without Covid-19 symptoms who want or need to get tested for the coronavirus to go to a testing...