Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Baptist Health offers a free, one-hour, online class to help smokers quit; the next one is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 12
“Quitting tobacco is one the most common New Year’s resolutions made each year, but often proves to be one of the most difficult to keep,” Baptist Health says in a news release...
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Frankfort paper names local health agency Newsmaker of Year
Franklin County Health Department staff pose for a photo taken by Deputy Director Brittany Parker. —– The pandemic has been very hard on local health departments, which in many if...
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With few 5-to-11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19, public-health workers say kids will have to get sick to motivate parents
By Sarah Baird, The Goldenrod Over the summer — during that fleeting window of time before the Delta variant hit when we believed Covid-19 might be evaporating into a gauzy nightmare...
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At-home pill for Covid-19 is approved but supply is limited; Ky.’s positive-test rate nears 10%; case rate stable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news about the pandemic Wednesday was that the first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 was granted emergency-use authorization. The bad news was...
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As highly contagious Omicron variant becomes dominant in U.S., Beshear says Ky. cases will rise and he will watch hospitalizations
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Cases of the coronavirus cases and the share of...
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Omicron variant, one of most contagious ever, seen in 4 counties; Beshear urges vaccines, boosters, masking, caution for holidays
Reuters graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant has been identified in Kenton, Campbell, Fayette and Jefferson counties, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to...
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Ky. coronavirus cases trickle down as positive-test rate inches up; Beshear reports state’s first case from Omicron variant
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– UPDATE: The first case of the coronavirus from the highly contagious Omicron variant has...
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Virus cases still lag, but Beshear says a surge is coming, and its size will depend on how many people get booster shots
Times of India illustration —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus takes hold in some areas of the country, Gov. Andy Beshear says...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky continue slow decline, but hospitals’ Covid-19 numbers are still going up, and ICUs are filling
Ky. Cabinet for Health and Family Services table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsFor the eighth consecutive day, Kentucky saw a...
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New coronavirus cases in Ky. down 6.6% in the last seven days
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen a slight daily decline in coronavirus...