Category: YOUR HEALTH
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FDA authorizes (but doesn’t ‘approve’) three vaping products, saying benefits of helping smokers quit outweigh risk to youth
New York Times photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized three electronic-cigarette products for sale in the United States, marking the first time...
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Ky. Covid-19 metrics continue to drop, including vaccinations
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of the coronavirus continue to wane in...
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Covid-19 vaccine is ‘best tool in toolbox’ for kids to fight infection, but monoclonal antibodies are available for some who get it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The best way to keep your child from getting Covid-19 is to get them vaccinated, and if they test positive for the disease, it’s...
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Even small breezes can increase virus transmission outside
Getty Images —– In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found that when someone coughs outside, “wind flowing in the same direction” can cause Covid-19 to replicate “faster...
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Pandemic trend remains favorable; UK pediatrician encourages youth to get vaccinated, get antibody treatment if test positive
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Monday’s coronavirus numbers in Kentucky are all good: Cases...
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Kentucky newspapers report more vaccination efforts
Kentucky newspapers continue to report extra efforts to increase coronavirus vaccinations in their communities, with news, opinion and advertising. Some newspapers have created ads with their local health departments. One...
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Ky. vaccination rate is more than 7 times the new-case rate, which keeps dropping, along with positive-test rate and hospitalizations
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Vaccinations are up, and new cases and hospitalizations are down, but Kentucky hospitals remain...
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State records 9,000th death from Covid-19
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 9,000 Kentuckians have now died from Covid-19. “Today . . . marks a difficult day in our fight against Covid,” Gov. Andy...
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Suicide, ideas of it, depression, and anxiety have affected more Kentucky students since the Covid-19 pandemic began
Kentucky Youth Advocates image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s students are experiencing more anxiety, depression and ideas of suicide in the pandemic, and schools need more resources...
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State reports 51 more Covid-19 deaths; other Kentucky pandemic metrics fall, but hot spots remain and hospitals are still stressed
Kentucky Health News graph; daily case numbers are from initial, unadjusted state reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic has been on the decline in Kentucky for...