Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Is the coronavirus Covid-19 a pandemic? It looks like one, and health officials across the world are treating it like one
By Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post Officials have been slow to use the “P” word to refer to the spread of coronavirus. Yes, that word: “Pandemic.” . . ....
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Risk of Americans getting the new coronavirus (Covid-19) remains low, but a top expert cautions that this is an evolving situation
The new coronavirus, Covid-19 (Centers for Disease Control) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky health officials have been monitoring more than 100 people for the novel coronavirus, all of...
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Is our political system properly serving our public-health system?
The president and vice president watched Dr. Anthony Fauci Feb. 29. (Photo: Andrew Harnik, Associated Press) —– By F. Douglas Scutchfield and Al Cross The new viral disease, Covid-19, began in...
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Legislators repeat myths about flu vaccines, get subtly corrected by a colleague who is a doctor; disease remains a threat in Ky.
Sen. Ralph Alvarado (file photo from LRC Public Information) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With all the people who come through the state Capitol, and all of the handshaking...
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Study: rural women with ovarian cancer more likely to be diagnosed at stage IV, but not because of distance to doctor
Rural women who have ovarian cancer are more likely to find out about it when it’s already at stage IV than women who live in metropolitan areas, according to a newly...
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If you’re worried about coronavirus, you should be more worried about the flu, and take the same precautions, including a flu shot
Food and Drug Administration photo illustration —– Worried about the novel coronavirus spreading in the United States? Take the same precautions that you would against influenza, which is twice as...
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16 more Ky. adults died from flu in the week ended Feb. 15, for a season total of 66; officials say best protection is still a flu shot
Kentucky Health News The number of new cases of influenza dropped slightly in Kentucky during the second week of February, but 16 more adults in the state were reported to...
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Children need 14 doctor visits before age 6, but preschoolers are increasingly not covered by insurance, especially in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News In 2018, the number of Kentucky pre-schoolers without health insurance was about half again as large as the number had been in 2016, and that was one...
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KET to air ‘Undiagnosed: The Diabetes Epidemic’ followed by a panel discussion about the disease on Monday, Feb. 24
Part of an infographic from a 2019 state report. —– Nearly half of Kentucky adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes — and many of them don’t know they have it. To...
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Ky. flu cases creep up for the third week in a row; nine more Kentuckians have died from flu; it’s not too late to get a flu shot
CDCP poster; for a larger version, click on it. —– Kentucky Health News Amid all the headlines about the novel coronavirus, health experts warn that there is a much more prevalent...