Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Medical marijuana appears to have more traction than ever in Ky.
Rep. Jason Nemes (Courier-Journal photo by Joe Sonka) —– Kentucky looks closer than ever to joining the 37 states that allow prescriptions for marijuana, or cannabis. Thursday evening a state House committee approved...
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Number of Ky. counties where masks are advised is down to 32
Ky. Dept. for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Only 32 Kentucky counties have such a high risk of coronavirus infection and hospitalization that residents should...
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Must-pass spending bill will let FDA regulate synthetic nicotine, which electronic cigarette makers adopted to avoid regulation
The Puff Bar e-cigarette (Photo by Marshall Ritzel, AP) —– The spending bill Congress is passing to keep the federal government going until the fall will let the Food and Drug Administration regulate synthetic nicotine,...
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House sends Senate bill for opt-out from mask mandates, testing and vaccines, ban of mandates in public colleges and universities
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow parents and guardians to opt their children out of mask mandates in public schools, and ban...
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Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky continue to decline, but deaths from the disease remain high and vaccination rates are still low
Daily state Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. For the latest weekly map showing risk of hospitalization, suggesting masking practices, click here....
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On second anniversary of the start of the pandemic, governor and first lady seek stories of loss and sacrifice
Britainy and Andy Beshear (Image from Facebook) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife marked the second anniversary of Kentucky’s first Covid-19 case with a Facebook post that invited Kentuckians to share their...
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Tornadoes caused unseen damage to residents’ mental health; in such cases, ramifications are often delayed, but help is available
Toskia Adamson at her mother’s trailer site Feb. 11, two months after a tornado destroyed it and sucked her son and mother out of it and into the air. (Photo by...
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Tornadoes caused unseen damage to residents’ mental health; in such cases, ramifications are often delayed, but help is available
To download a full-size version of the graphic, right-click on it. —– Two years ago today, “Kentucky reported its first case of Covid-19,” notes Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal....
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Vapers or hookah users may be at greater risk for nose and sinus cancers, and upper respiratory ailments, than cigarette smokers
Photo by Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune, via Alamy —– Electronic cigarette vapers and hookah smokers are more than twice as likely to exhale particles through their nose compared with cigarette smokers,...
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Most counties are still at high risk for coronavirus infections, but new CDC map is a lot more yellow, and even has some green
State Department for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky counties are still in the high-risk category that calls...