Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Opioid epidemic keeps shadowing Ky. policy, as Senate removes opioids from list of drugs physician assistants could prescribe
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House bill to let physician assistants prescribe some highly regulated drugs is moving through the Senate, but without application to some highly addictive...
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Beshear urges employers who don’t offer paid sick leave to do so, to keep sick workers at home and prevent spread of coronavirus
Gov. Andy Beshear (Lexington Herald-Leader photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear wants Kentucky employers who don’t allow paid sick leave to change that policy, to prevent spread of the coronavirus. “We have...
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Live forum about coronavirus on KET Tuesday night
With the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus around the world, the United States declared a public health emergency at the end of January, and the number of confirmed cases in...
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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...