Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Tornadoes leave health issues, Beshear says; state’s 14-day average of Covid-19 deaths is 53.5 per day, the highest yet
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows case numbers flat; click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The tornadoes that ripped through Western Kentucky...
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Evangelical Christians should balance their faith in God with faith in science, evangelical pastor writes
By Paul D. Prather I’ve been an evangelical Christian all my life, with the exception of my exuberantly misspent teenage years and early 20s. Raised a Southern Baptist, the son...
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Surgeon general sounds alarm about youth mental health; children’s hospital leader says this crisis also exists in Kentucky
Graphic is from the Protecting Youth Mental Health Advisory; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued his second...
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As Covid-19 numbers remain high but steady, hospital numbers keep creeping up 2% a day; deaths are up 75% in the last month
Cabinet for Health and Family Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers continue to...
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Omicron: Misinformation, some of it disinformation, is outpacing factual information; news media can help mitigate that
Photo illustration by The Daily Beast —– “In July, a fake slide deck with the logos of the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum purporting to show a...
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Beshear says focus should be on boosters, to prevent another surge of cases; CDC approves them for 16 and 17-year-olds
Image from WAAY-TV —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s important to get all eligible Kentuckians vaccinated against the coronavirus, but to prevent another surge in cases, the focus...
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New cases of the coronavirus remain high in Kentucky; state reports 70 more Covid-19 deaths, including a 16-year-old
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsThe metrics used to measure the pandemic in...
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As coronavirus cases increase, so do hospitalizations and deaths
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic continued to accelerate in Kentucky yesterday, especially in hospitals...
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Every Covid-19 indicator in Kentucky is up; hospital cases rose 52% in last month; but vaccinations are outpacing new cases
Ky. Health News graph (virus cases based on initial, unadjusted reports); click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As every metric used to measure the...
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Pikeville Medical Center now includes Eastern Kentucky’s first hospital for children, thanks to federal grants and donors
Outpatient examination room in hospital (Photo by Silas Walker, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Pikeville Medical Center has opened the first children’s hospital in Eastern Kentucky. The 13,400-square-foot facility, with 10 child-themed patient rooms...