Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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...
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Coronavirus positive-test rate and new cases, and Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths, are all rising again in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph, from weekly state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As in most other states, the metrics used to measure Covid-19 in Kentucky have ticked...
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Months after a breast-cancer diagnosis and a double mastectomy, a Monticello mother completes a 102-mile, 33-hour road race
Lindsey Sexton runs the No Business 100. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– When Lindsey Sexton of Monticello started to train for a 102-mile road race in the rugged...
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Number of school-based health clinics keeps growing
Kentucky Primary Care Association map; for a larger version, click on it; to download, right click. —– The number of school-based clinics in Kentucky keeps growing, as four community health...