Category: YOUR HEALTH
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FDA expands availability of abortion-inducing medication
Women who want to use a pill to end their pregnancy in the first 10 weeks will now be able to get it directly from health-care providers and pharmacies. The...
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New coronavirus cases went down 60% in Kentucky last week, but new hospitalizations of patients with Covid-19 rose 18.5%
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 60 percent fewer new coronavirus cases last week, but the positive-test rate rose a bit and hospitalizations jumped more than 18 percent....
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Newly dominant variant more likely to evade Covid-19 antibodies, but so far not seen as more likely to cause serious disease
With a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus now dominant in the U.S., vaccinated people may be more likely to develop Covid-19 but still be well protected from serious disease,...
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Beshear’s medical cannabis order takes effect, but access for most isn’t easy; prospect of legislative action remains unclear
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News People with a medical provider’s statement saying they have at least one of 21 specified medical conditions can now possess up to eight ounces...
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Observing ‘Dry January’ can bring lasting benefits, studies show
People who observe “Dry January,” abstaining from alcohol during the month, often drink less the rest of the year and show “striking improvements in their health,” Anahad O’Connor of The...
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CDC’s Kentucky risk map looks about the same as last week, but Beshear says ‘Covid is definitely increasing’ and counsels caution
By Al CrossKentucky Health News The latest Centers for Disease Control map of Covid-19 risks in Kentucky is about the same as last week’s, but “Covid is definitely increasing,” Gov....
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Kentuckians’ sense of well-being, as measured by analysis of Gallup polls from 2008 to 2017, was second lowest in U.S.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians’ sense of well-being from 2008 to 2017 was the worst of any U.S. state except West Virginia, according to a research paper that uses...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky jumped 40% last week; state’s increase over last two weeks ranks second among states
New York Times graphs, from state data, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click image to enlarge By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 40 percent more new coroinavirus cases...
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Risk of Covid-19 increased last week in Ky.; booster vax rate low; exercise can thwart severe cases; dogs can detect the infection
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal Covid-19 risk map showed more Kentucky counties at medium and high risk of transmission than last week, and the number of counties...
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Kentucky to get $53 million from Walmart settlement to fight opioid epidemic; money to be split between state and local governments
Kentucky will get more than $53 million from Walmart as part of a $3.1 billion, 50-state settlement for the retailer’s role in the opioid epidemic. “The commonwealth is among the states...