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As cool weather hits, state and foundation launch campaign to promote vaccinations for Covid-19 and the flu
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Working to get ahead of what is expected to be a severe flu and Covid-19 season, the state has started a campaign to encourage Kentuckians...
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New Covid-19 cases in Ky. hit a plateau, but in East Ky. it’s a very high plateau, and part of the nation’s biggest hotspot
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky hit a plateau last week after declining for four of the last five weeks, but the number...
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Here are some simple tips to help you stay healthier as you age
By Kelly Parsons University of Kentucky What goes up and never comes down? Your age! September is Healthy Aging Month, an observance designed to celebrate the positive aspects of growing...
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‘Long Covid’ should be considered a ‘major health crisis’ and not a respiratory disease, but a systemic one, research leader says
https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/09/long-covid-can-affect-anyone-who-has.html
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About 400 people a day still die from Covid-19 in the U.S., but most deaths are preventable by vaccinations and booster shots
Graph from Your Local Epidemiologist —– Covid-19 is still the third leading cause of death in America, killing about 400 people a day, largely the unvaccinated and those 65 and...
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Doctors back booster shots for recent Covid-19 variants, saying vaccines are especially needed now that cooler weather is here
iStock/Getty Images Plus photo illustration via Kaiser Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on...
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Cutting barriers to tobacco-quitting treatment helped, but not enough; Ky. has wide differences among regions, and not enough money
Photo: healthyplace.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since Kentucky passed a law in 2017 that reduced barriers to tobacco treatment and counseling, Kentucky Medicaid providers have diagnosed more...
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Ky. has 82 syringe exchange programs in 63 counties, the most of any state, but state drug-control official says ‘That’s not enough’
Stars show syringe-exchange sites; colors show district departments; white counties are independent. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has more syringe service programs than any other state,...
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CDC says 108 counties have elevated Covid-19 risk; Ky.’s new-case rate ranks 2nd; Beshear urges use of new booster vaccine
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remains on a rough plateau, but it’s a high plateau. Seventy of...
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With no exceptions for rape or incest, Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban can force children as young as 9 to deliver a baby
Courier Journal graphic; for a larger version, click on it; to download, right-click. —– While pregnancy in very young girls is rare, it does happen. “In Kentucky, the two youngest...