Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Coronavirus cases highest for a Monday; positivity rate nears 5%, hospitalizations are up; Beshear says we know how to fix it
State graph, labeled by Ky. Health News; previous week has backlog of 1,426. (Click to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 647 new coronavirus...
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45 share recovery stories in Addiction Recovery Week in Wolfe County, nation’s most vulnerable to disease outbreaks from drugs
Tinley Creech, Darian Creech, Connie Campbell and Ashton Burks pose after doing the virtual 5K as part of Wolfe County Addiction Recovery Week. All are in the same household. (Photo provided)...
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State issues plan for distributing covid-19 vaccine; only 24% in self-selected Sept. survey in Anderson County said they’d take it
Pfizer’s vaccine is in clinical trials. (Photo by Marco Bello, Reuters) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health has issued its draft plan for distributing a covid-19...
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812 new coronavirus cases make seven-day rolling average of daily new cases 1,064; Fauci says virus is the ‘most puzzling’ one
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 812 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, lowering the seven-day rolling average of new cases to 1,064 from the high of...
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New-case totals highest for a Saturday, third highest overall; top 3 have all occurred this week; Beshear alludes to Republican jabs
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted daily counts, excluding large backlogs —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,295 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, and “All...
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Federal appeals court, reversing lower court, upholds state law requiring abortion clinics to have transfer deals with hospitals
Illustration by Kagenmi-Fotolia —– A state law requiring abortion clinics to have transfer agreements with hospitals is constitutional, a federal appeals court has ruled, reversing a district judge. A panel...
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State reports 1,319 new virus cases, second highest daily total; prison has outbreak; schools have more problems staying open
Kentucky Health News chart, based on unadjusted daily reports of new cases; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded the second largest number...
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Answers from doctors to common questions about flu shots, which are especially important this year
By Monalisa Taylor, Lewis Hargett and Heidi Margulis This is not the year to risk it. Get a flu shot. As physicians, we now end each patient visit like this:...
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National Drug Take Back Day is set for Saturday, Oct. 24
State Office of Drug Control Policy map, last updated Aug. 27, 2020 —– National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, Oct. 24. Special locations will be open in most...
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With cases over 1,250 second day in a row, Beshear sees ‘most serious’ surge and ‘time when we either succeed or begin to fail’
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state’s unadjusted daily case numbers, does not include 1,472 backlogged Fayette County cases recorded on Oct. 7. —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News...