Category: YOUR HEALTH
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FDA bans sale of most flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes; menthol flavor still allowed, against health advocates’ advice
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Trump administration has announced a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes except for menthol and tobacco-flavored products for cartridge-based systems, like pods...
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New legal age of 21 to buy tobacco products surprises some; anti-smoking leaders say it won’t thwart teenagers’ use of e-cigarettes
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The minimum age to buy tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, is now 21. Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age from 18 passed Congress...
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Flu keeps accelerating in Ky.; weekly chart looks like a ski jump
Influenza kept spreading faster in Kentucky in the week ended Dec. 21, the last week for which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state Department for Public Health have issued...
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Flu cases reported at increasing rate; 6 deaths in Ky. this season
Kentucky Health News Kentuckians are getting the flu at an increasing rate, and more are dying from it. In the week ended Dec. 14, there were two deaths, bringing the...
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Health officials warn outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria is likely coming from petting puppies in pet stores; 3 of 30 cases are in Ky.
Getty Images photo, via WJW-TV, Fox 8 Cleveland —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Getting a puppy for Christmas? Keep clean and take it to a vet. At least 30...
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McConnell and electronic-cigarette firms’ bill to raise legal age to buy tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21 awaits president’s signature
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Legislation to raise the nationwide legal age to buy tobacco produces, including electronic cigarettes, from 18 to 21 passed Congress as part of the...
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ACA open enrollment has been extended until 3 a.m. ET Wed., Dec. 18, but federal officials haven’t made a very big deal of it
Open enrollment for “Obamacare” health insurance has been extended until 3 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 18, because of extensive computer glitches that happened over the weekend. The original deadline...
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Northern Ky. Health Dept. declares hepatitis A outbreak over in 4 counties it serves; statewide, it may never be considered ‘over’
Top map shows the number of cases per county since the outbreak began in August 2017. Bottom map shows number of cases in November 2019. —– Dec. 16, 2019: Story...
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Four flu-related deaths have been reported in Kentucky; state health commissioner urges everyone to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Department of Public Health has reported the first four influenza-related deaths of the 2019-2020 flu season, which runs through May. “We extend our condolences...
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Bill would create first-aid training program for mental-health and substance-use crises; hope is to make it as common as CPR
Rep. Moser explains mental-health first aid. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to create a training program for mental-health first aid has been pre-filed by state Rep....