Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Baptist Health Corbin gets $1 million grant to help fight substance abuse by pregnant women and youth in Whitley, Knox counties
Baptist Health Corbin has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fight opioid and substance abuse, mainly among pregnant women, in Whitley and Knox counties. The...
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Ky. has fewer counties in White House Coronavirus Task Force’s danger zones; Bowling Green metro area is only one in red zone
White House Coronavirus Task Force tables; click on image for a larger version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky showed some slight improvement on the latest White House Coronavirus...
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Fewer than 4% of Kentuckians tested positive for virus in last seven days; Beshear allows bars to open until midnight
Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it for a larger version. —– By Mary Meehan Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s positive-test rate for the novel...
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Beshear administration lays out detailed guidance for schools to consider throughout the pandemic, says it’s up to them to follow it
State chart available here, or click on this one for a larger version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s school officials got Monday what they’d long been asking for,...
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Teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes drops by 1/3 following ‘T-21’ law, but many now use disposable e-cigs, which still have all flavors
Puff Bars are disposable electronic cigarettes meant for one-time use. Survey shows use of disposables by youth has surged since last year. Other brands include Blu, Posh and Stig. (Photo:...
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State reports 536 more coronavirus cases, 3 deaths from covid-19
The state reported 536 more cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky on Sunday, a day when case reports are usually low because of limited weekend reporting by testing laboratories....
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Saturday numbers: 721 virus cases, 13 deaths, 4.14% positive-test rate; health chief says to get a flu shot to block ‘twindemic’
Kentucky Health News chart from initial daily reports, which are revised slightly downward. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After a Thursday with the most covid-19 deaths ever, and...
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State reports 948 new coronavirus cases, the third most in a day, and its positive-test rate jumps toward 5% danger zone
State Department for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 948 new cases of the novel coronavirus Friday...
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8 nursing homes have had 1/3 of Ky. covid-19 deaths; one thing they had in common was having relatively few registered nurses
Stanford Care and Rehabilitation reported only 23 minutes of registered-nurse care per patient day in the last quarter of 2019. It’s had many deficiencies, and 18 of its residents have died...
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Local health departments are the pandemic’s main flak catchers, especially on social media, which at least one has stopped using
Grayson County (Wikipedia) —– Local health departments, often underfunded, have been critical during the pandemic in may ways, one as an information source for the public, journalists, and state and federal...