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More Kentucky youth received emergency care for self-harm in 2021 than in 2020, reversing decline in youths’ intentional injuries
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fewer Kentucky youth received emergency care in the first year of the pandemic for self-harm and assault, but in the second year, the number...
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National public-health emergency for Covid-19 ends Thursday but experts warn that another Omicron-like outbreak is still possible
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, and the U.S. public health emergency ends May 11, but the pandemic is not over and the disease remans a threat, the...
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UK’s new Food as Health Alliance will look at ways to use food to improve patient outcomes and Kentucky’s overall health
The University of Kentucky Food as Health Alliance celebrated its official launch April 27 with a $200,000 contribution from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, the trade group of insurance...
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FDA approves first-ever RSV vaccine for people 60 and older
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People 60 and older now have access to the first approved vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus. The vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, is called Arexvy and...
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Loneliness poses a public-health threat, prompting a rare advisory from the surgeon general, with a plan to rebuild social connections
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The physical and societal harms that come from loneliness are so bad that America’s top public-health official has issued a rare advisory with a...
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Young Ky. woman battles two extremely rare health conditions
A young Kentucky woman is facing an uphill battle to fight two extremely rare health conditions, one affecting her blood and the other her liver, Phil Pendleton reports for Lexington’s WKYT-TV....
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When rural hospitals stop delivering babies, fewer expectant mothers receive prenatal care, Iowa study finds
When rural counties lose their last labor-and-delivery unit, fewer expectant mothers in those counties get adequate prenatal care, even though that care is still available, according to a University of...
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For National Motorcycle and Bike Safety Awareness Month, here are safety tips for drivers, motorcyclists and bicyclists
May is National Motorcycle and Bike Safety Awareness Month, and state officials are reminding Kentuckians to look out for one another – whether on two wheels or four. “We’re entering...
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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month; state says 700,000 Kentuckians have some degree of hearing loss; here are signs
From a Commonwealth of Kentucky press release With approximately 15% of American adults reporting difficulty hearing, state officials are encouraging people to learn the signs of hearing loss—and to seek...
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All-day Immunization Summit to be held in Lexington May 10 to confront declining rates of vaccination in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As vaccination rates in Kentucky decline, the Kentucky Rural Health Association is sponsoring an Immunization Summit on May 10 at the Embassy Suites in...