Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Appalachian counties continue to dominate lowest level of County Health Rankings in Ky.; most counties moved at least 10 notches
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps report, showing how the health status of every county in the United States compares to that of...
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In Mental Health Awareness Month, New York Times focuses on Glasgow as an example of children’s mental-health troubles
“The setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like Dr. Melissa Dennison’s office . . . the next patient arriving every 15 minutes,” says The New York Times. (NYT...
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Attorney general issues alert about scam sales of infant formula
Image from WKDQ.com —– Attorney General Daniel Cameron issued a consumer alert Wednesday warning Kentuckians of scams related to the nationwide shortage of infant formula. “Scammers often attempt to take...
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Covid-19 cases in Kentucky are on the rise, but cases are less severe; booster shots approved for children aged 5 to 11
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus went up again this week, Gov. Andy Beshear stressed that his...
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CDC says McCracken Co. has high level of virus transmission; most West Ky. counties, 33 total in state, have medium levels
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows 34 counties with elevated risk of Covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News McCracken County and its seat of Paducah are red...
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New Ky. cases up 63%, hospitalizations up 42% as experts warn new variants threaten the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated
State Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 report largely mimics what is going...
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New campaign to combat Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in pregnancy is launched; only 31% of the pregnant are vaccinated
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky, with support from the Kentucky Association of Health Plans, has launched a statewide campaign to educate Kentuckians about the risks of Covid-19 during pregnancy and the...
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Here’s what you need to know about the baby formula shortage
By Heather Chapman Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky Families nationwide are scrambling to find baby formula amid a widespread shortage. Rural families are likely having...
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Legislature funds health insurance for Kentuckians who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to buy private coverage
Kaiser Health News graphic —– Kentucky Health News Kentucky is taking advantage of a little-used provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to create a health-insurance plan...
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CDC says 12 Kentucky counties have medium levels of coronavirus as cases and positivity-rates creep up across state
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twelve Kentucky counties, most of them in Eastern Kentucky, are in yellow, indicating a medium level...