Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Baby formula is slowly returning to store shelves in Kentucky
Baby formula from the U.K. is in Louisville. (WDRB photo) —– Baby formula is slowly beginning to reappear on store shelves in Kentucky. WDRB reports, “Laura Serke, a NICU dietician for UofL Health,...
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Ky. Covid-19 cases and positivity rate increased last week, but hospital numbers kept nearly stable and deaths hit 11-month low
Graph by Kentucky Health News from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While most of Kentucky’s pandemic metrics went up last week,...
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Tips for keeping children safe in the ‘deadliest days of summer’
Yobro10, iStock / Getty Images Plus —– By Sherri Hannan University of Kentucky The season from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day is known as the “100 deadliest days of...
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Kentucky had the second highest increase in deaths caused by alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2020, just behind West Virginia
Maps are from the report —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the first year of the pandemic, the United States experienced the highest-ever combined rates of deaths due...
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National poll shows some parents need to enforce better safety rules on fireworks; children’s sparklers can be dangerous, too
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As communities and families prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, some parents overlook the risks of burn and injury that fireworks pose for...
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Decision triggers Ky. law banning abortion unless woman faces risk of death or serious, permanent harm to a life-sustaining organ
Abortions were performed in this room at the Planned Parenthood center in Louisville. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Abortion became illegal in Kentucky...
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First probable case of monkeypox is reported in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News Kentucky health officials announced Friday that the state’s first probable case of monkeypox has been identified in a resident of Jefferson County. “The patient remains isolated, and...
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Your brain needs proper diet and exercise, too; it’s something to remember in June, Brain and Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Photo illustration by Daniel de la Hoz, iStock/Getty Images Plus —– By Dr. Greg Jicha University of Kentucky Healthy brain aging is a concern for all of us. June is...
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Ky. medical experts say Covid-19 will always be with us, but vaccines, therapies and preventive steps mean we can live with it
Top: “Kentucky Tonight” host Renee Shaw. Bottom right: Jon Klein, M.D. Bottom left, L to R: Mark Dougherty, M.D.; Ilhem Massaoudi, Ph.D.; Fadi Al Akhrass, M.D. (Edited screenshot of KET image) —– By Al Cross Kentucky...
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Covid-19 cases in Kentucky dropped 41% last week, after two weeks of steep increases; hospitalizations and deaths remain low
National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows high infection rates during the last two weeks in McCracken, Boyle and Montgomery counties; for a larger version, click on it. —–...