Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Pandemic state of emergency would end March 7 under a resolution the state Senate sent to the House on a party-line vote
Sen. Donald Douglas (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Senate has sent the House a resolution to end the Covid-19 state of emergency in Kentucky on March...
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Senate bill to address the state’s nursing shortage passes its first hurdle, but some say it wouldn’t do enough
Photo illustration via Nolan Group Media —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address the nursing shortage in Kentucky passed out of a legislative committee Wednesday, but...
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UK medical and engineering teams will take new technology for testing wastewater for coronavirus to rural Kentucky this summer
University of Kentucky researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for Covid-19. (UK photo by Pete Comparoni) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky...
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Latest Covid-19 surge seems over in Kentucky, but state still has second highest infection rate among states, well into the red zone
Ky. Health News graph from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic metrics have largely returned to where they were before...
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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...