Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes.
Modern Healthcare illustration —– A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being infected by it or by getting vaccinated against it. That has made...
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Most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to trend down, but our infection rate still ranks second among the states
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the percentage of...
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Kentucky’s infection rate remains top among states, even as almost every metric used to measure the pandemic trends down
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it; here for interactive version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as Kentucky’s daily new-case rate, infection rate,...
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Had Covid-19? You’re 60% more likely to have mental illness, study finds; researcher says it shows disease isn’t ‘like the flu’
Los Angeles Times photo —– People who’ve had Covid-19 have a 60 percent higher chance of experiencing mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, and thinking of suicide, as well as...
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Flu cases remain about the same as last week in Kentucky
Dept. for Public Health graph shows flu cases peaked in December. Flu season runs through May. —– Influenza activity in Kentucky appears to have leveled off, with the latest weekly report showing about...
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Kentucky’s new-case rate is tops among the states for the fourth day in a row, even as most pandemic metrics in state decline
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, illustrates state’s No. 1 ranking. Click to enlarge. —– Ky. Health News graph, from state data By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Senate Republicans want to end Covid-19 state of emergency March 7, more than a month earlier than they voted last month
Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville —– Most of the Republicans in the GOP-controlled state Senate are supporting a resolution that would end the state of emergency that Gov. Andy Beshear declared...
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Physicians in Senate show partisan divide over legislation that would equate most positive antibody tests with Covid-19 vaccine
Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A resolution to require Kentucky to recognize most positive Covid-19 antibody tests as equivalent to full vaccination for the disease...
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New cases of coronavirus continue to drop in Kentucky, but state still ranks No. 1 in nation, and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The leading indicators of...
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Harvard study concludes that it’s too soon to lift mask mandates in most elementary schools
Getty Images —– As the Omicron surge wanes, many school districts are lifting mask mandates. But coronavirus transmission rates are still far too high to lift such mandates in elementary...