Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Seven-day average of new coronavirus cases jumps 15.3% in one day; positive-test rate is above 3% for first time in nearly 3 months
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky firmly joined the ranks of states with rising number of coronavirus cases Friday, as the seven-day average of daily new cases jumped more...
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Dean of UK College of Public Health says state officials’ efforts against the pandemic kept Kentucky from being a hotspot
By Hal Morris University of Kentucky Donna Arnett makes no bones about her goals for the UK College of Public Health. “We’re a very ambitious college with a very ambitious agenda,” says...
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As more contagious variant of coornavirus becomes dominant, Ky. positive-test rate has increased by over half in last two weeks
Kentucky Health News graph, from state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of the coronavirus and the share of Kentuckians testing positive...
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UK and other Ky. partners get grant to expand and coordinate prevention of stroke, which kills over 2,000 in state each year
Larry Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FANA, FAHA —– The University of Kentucky, the state Department for Public Health, the University of Louisville and other state partners have been awarded a prestigious grant to expand and...
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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...