Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Beshear urges booster shots, citing data to support his plea, but he won’t say the pandemic’s decline has stalled in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The key message at Gov. Andy Beshear’s weekly Covid-19 news conference was “Go out and get your booster,” because initial vaccinations are beginning to...
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Short staffing of Kentucky ambulance services leads to deaths
Kentuckians are dying because their local emergency medical services can’t find enough employees to staff the ambulances. That’s the upshot of a detailed story by Bill Estep in the Lexington Herald-Leader, which begins...
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Enrollment for subsidized health insurance is open on Kynect
State Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Enrollment is now open on Kynect, the state’s revived health-insurance marketplace, for federally subsidized health insurance for 2022. The...
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Even if you have a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines, Pfizer and Covid shots are still a good idea, big study says
Image from CNBC.com —– The Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines using messenger RNA are shown to be safe for people with a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines, medications, or allergens, according to a...
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Pandemic’s decline stalls in Kentucky; more schools drop masks; shots for kids 5-11 are days away; vaccination data corrected
Graphic from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic’s decline in Kentucky stalled Friday. On the state’s daily report,...
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‘Take It From Me’ campaign has 18 new video public-service announcements to promote coronavirus vaccination
The “Take It From Me” campaign of public service video announcements has released 18 more videos urging Kentuckians to get a coronavirus vaccine. The campaign is a partnership between the Kentucky...
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Kentucky’s decline from the peak of the pandemic has been steeper than the nation’s; vaccination rate now 24th among states
Washington Post map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows rates in bordering and nearby states and Puerto Rico, the national leader. —– Kentucky Health News The decline of new coronavirus cases...
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Obesity is big risk factor for severe Covid-19, and that’s important in Kentucky, which is No. 1 in obesity of children aged 10 to 17
Despite the recent decline in new coronavirus infections, appears to be on the decline, “The risk to children and adults is still significant,” Hilary Brown reports for the University of Kentucky. “Of the...
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Most pandemic metrics are favorable, except intensive-care cases
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Wednesday, and vaccinations are on...
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Foundation gives $20,000 to spur vaccination in low-vax counties
State Department for Public Health vaccination-rate map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —- The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded grants totaling $20,000 to increase uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines in counties with the...