Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Latest Covid-19 risk map shows number of Ky. counties at elevated risk dropped 24% in the past week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The weekly pandemic risk map for Kentucky improved again Thursday, as the number of counties at elevated risk of Covid-19 dropped 24 percent. Only...
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As cool weather hits, state and foundation launch campaign to promote vaccinations for Covid-19 and the flu
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Working to get ahead of what is expected to be a severe flu and Covid-19 season, the state has started a campaign to encourage Kentuckians...
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New Covid-19 cases in Ky. hit a plateau, but in East Ky. it’s a very high plateau, and part of the nation’s biggest hotspot
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky hit a plateau last week after declining for four of the last five weeks, but the number...
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Here are some simple tips to help you stay healthier as you age
By Kelly Parsons University of Kentucky What goes up and never comes down? Your age! September is Healthy Aging Month, an observance designed to celebrate the positive aspects of growing...
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‘Long Covid’ should be considered a ‘major health crisis’ and not a respiratory disease, but a systemic one, research leader says
https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/09/long-covid-can-affect-anyone-who-has.html
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Covid-19 map for Kentucky shows 41 counties with less risk than last week, but Eastern Coal Field remains almost fully high-risk
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The weekly Covid-19 risk map for Kentucky took a solid turn for the better Thursday, as more than a third of the state’s counties...
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About 400 people a day still die from Covid-19 in the U.S., but most deaths are preventable by vaccinations and booster shots
Graph from Your Local Epidemiologist —– Covid-19 is still the third leading cause of death in America, killing about 400 people a day, largely the unvaccinated and those 65 and...
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Doctors back booster shots for recent Covid-19 variants, saying vaccines are especially needed now that cooler weather is here
iStock/Getty Images Plus photo illustration via Kaiser Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on...
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With no exceptions for rape or incest, Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban can force children as young as 9 to deliver a baby
Courier Journal graphic; for a larger version, click on it; to download, right-click. —– While pregnancy in very young girls is rare, it does happen. “In Kentucky, the two youngest...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky keep going up and down; fell 10% last week, with 29% of new cases in people 18 and younger
New York Times map shows Kentucky and Central Appalachia remain hot spots. (Click it to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Last week, most metrics to measure the...