Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Abortion is on Ky.’s Nov. 8 ballot in a constitutional amendment, a Supreme Court race and some state legislative elections
Kentucky Health News In just over three months, Kentuckians will have a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment that if passed, would state that there is no constitutional right...
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A woman died from Covid-19 because she mistrusted the system and fell victim to one of the shady networks selling quack cures
The pills that Stephanie received in the mail were labeled hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. (Photo by Meredith Rizzo, NPR) —– NPR tells the cautionary story of a woman who got Covid-19 and died from...
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Planning an event? Testing people for Covid-19 at the door can reduce spread by 40% over testing three days ahead, study says
Organizers of events can nearly cut in half the risk of their guests transmitting Covid-19 by testing them at the door, according to a new study by Yale School of Public Health epidemiologists....
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has...
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Health insurers offer $20 gift cards for Kentuckians getting first dose or booster of Covid-19 vaccine at schools, health depts.
Photo illustration from KAHP —– The trade group for commercial insurers and Medicaid managers in Kentucky is offering $20 gift cards at school and health-department vaccination events for people getting...
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New text-messaging program launches in Kentucky and four other states to help curb misuse of opioids for pain
The Partnership to End Addiction has announced plans to launch a personalized text messaging program to help curb opioid misuse this summer in Kentucky, Idaho, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. The...
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All pandemic metrics are up in Kentucky (weekly cases +24%), and as school nears, children account for a larger share of cases
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All measures of Covid-19 in Kentucky kept rising last...
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16 Covid-19 vaccine clinics set across Ky. in July and August
Covid-19 vaccine administration in Kentucky as of July 22; graphs from the Kentucky Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eight Kentucky health departments are participating in...
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Saying they are probably unconstitutional, judge extends ruling blocking two Kentucky laws that would greatly limit abortion
Kentucky Health News Saying Kentucky laws limiting access to abortion likely violate the state constitution, a Louisville judge has blocked them from taking effect until lawsuits challenging them are over....
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Survey seeks views of Kentucky’s LGBTQ+ community about their access and interactions with health care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for participants in a study that aims to learn more about how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Kentuckians access and interact with health...