Category: YOUR HEALTH
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July 4 weekend worries public-health experts; more contagious variant causing outbreaks in lightly vaccinated Missouri, Arkansas
Screenshot of New York Times interactive map, from CDC new-case data; click on it to enlarge. —– Outbreaks of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus are filling up hospitals in the...
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First six vaccine lottery winners are announced; rate of new virus cases in Kentucky falls, but positive-test rate keeps going up
Winners of Kentucky’s first “Shot at a Million” lottery in Capitol rotunda (Governor’s office photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced the first winners of Kentucky’s...
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The pandemic isn’t over: Virus activity in Kentucky is picking up as the more contagious Delta variant spreads across the country
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily case reports By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After three weeks of pretty steady decline, coronavirus activity in Kentucky is picking up...
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Salmonella outbreaks in backyard poultry sicken Kentuckians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– At least 17 people in Kentucky have become sick in an outbreak of Salmonella bacteria linked to backyard poultry, according...
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Risks of vaccines are very small, but one in four Kentucky adults think those risks outweigh the benefits of getting vaccinated
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll, Feb. 11-March 12, 2021; error margin +/-3.5 percentage points —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults told pollsters last...
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Ky. is reporting fewer than 200 new coronavirus cases per day, and the share of residents testing positive has fallen below 2%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Leading indicators of the pandemic in Kentucky have passed...
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Kentucky still ranks 37th in well-being of children in latest Kids Count Data Book, but isn’t progressing as much as other states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children’s well-being, released June 21 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, again ranks Kentucky 37th in the nation...
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Temporary Medicaid ending; special marketplace enrollment period ends Aug. 15; premium-free COBRA ends in September
Families USA graphic; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have about two more months to buy reduced-cost health insurance on the...
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Kentucky ranks low in vaccinations of nursing-home employees
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– Employees providing care at Kentucky nursing homes are among the least likely in...