Category: YOUR HEALTH
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16 Ky. counties lack pharmacies in HHS vaccine distribution plan
Nonmetropolitan county HHS vaccination partnership pharmacy availability RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy and Analysis map; click on the image to enlarge it. —– Almost one-third of America’s rural counties, including...
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Fast virus spread raises fear that the U.S. has developed a more contagious strain; White House says if you gathered, get tested
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among Americans that...
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Positive-test rate keeps going up, but Beshear says Ky. schools can safely open to in-person learning if they follow guidelines
Kentucky Health News chart, based on state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even with the number of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...
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Plans made to increase pace of vaccinations and who’s next in line to get it; meanwhile, cases and positive-test rates increase
Revised version of chart presented by Gov. Andy Beshear during press conference Monday —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s top doctor announced Monday...
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Pandemic shows the picture of health in America is not so rosy
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
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New federal nutrition guides, which influence school lunches, food stamps and diabetes, ignore experts’ calls for less sugar, alcohol
New federal nutritional guidelines unveiled last week, which influence everything from school lunches and military rations to food stamps, ignored scientific advisers’ calls to lower recommended sugar and alcohol intake....
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Highest Sunday yet for virus cases in Ky., and positive-test rate sets another record, but holiday factors could skew numbers
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic numbers continued to worsen Sunday, as the...
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Positive-test rate hits new high, likely due to less testing, state says, but cases also had a spike, and so did Covid-19 deaths
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state reports; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 2 — As the new...
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Why do they require two doses? and other questions about the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines, answered
Observer Research Foundation illustration —– By Baptist Health Blog and Kentucky Health News The Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in the U.S. require two doses to achieve the effectiveness level of 95 percent...
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State’s poor health rankings are a caution flag in pandemic, but virus shouldn’t keep you from making regular visits to doctors
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky A new state-by-state comparison of the nation’s health ranks Kentucky near the bottom in a variety of significant categories....