Category: YOUR HEALTH
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As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rages through Kentucky, some hospitals are stopping inpatient elective surgeries
Baptist Health Lexington (Baptist Health Foundation photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus skyrockets in Kentucky, hospitals and their intensive-care units continue to...
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Coronavirus causes cases to escalate as schools begin to re-open; Beshear and top doctor urge universal masking in schools
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– State graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. By Melissa Patrick...
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Kentucky Medical Assn. offers short videos for child vaccination
The Kentucky Medical Association has launched a new series of public service announcements encouraging parents to get their children immunized. The 30-second PSA appears below; the 60-second version can be downloaded at https://www.dropbox.com/s/urcqx6d22f0w0ru/KMA%20PSA%20-%20Purcell%20%3A60.mp4?dl=0.
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Baptist Health offers a free, one-hour, online class to help smokers quit; the next one is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 12
“Quitting tobacco is one the most common New Year’s resolutions made each year, but often proves to be one of the most difficult to keep,” Baptist Health says in a news release...
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With Omicron, more effective masks should be worn, experts say
“With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before,” Maria Godoy reports for NPR. “But...
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Kentucky has had a high death rate from Covid-19 since vaccines became widely available. A reason: relatively low vaccination rate.
Since vaccines for Covid-19 became widely available in April, Kentucky’s death rate from the disease is fourth in the nation, partly due to its relatively low vaccination rate, according toThe New...
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With few 5-to-11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19, public-health workers say kids will have to get sick to motivate parents
By Sarah Baird, The Goldenrod Over the summer — during that fleeting window of time before the Delta variant hit when we believed Covid-19 might be evaporating into a gauzy nightmare...
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Trump promotes coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, still opposes Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandates
Kentucky Health NewsFormer President Trump is promoting coronavirus vaccines, saying he has received a booster shot, but still opposes vaccine-or-test mandates like those President Biden is still trying to get...
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With positive-test rate a record and new cases a near-record, Beshear says Kentucky is in a surge from Omicron; cities lead
By Melissa Patrickand Al CrossKentucky Health News After two days of high case numbers and a record-setting positive-test rate, Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is in an Omicron-variant surge. “Folks,...
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Health reporter writes ‘Five things about Omicron that I want my friends and family to know’
Dan Diamond, a health reporter for The Washington Post, recently posted a Facebook thread about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. It went viral, so he turned it into a story for the...