Category: YOUR HEALTH
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State report shows fewer new cases of coronavirus, but The New York Times ranks Kentucky’s new-case rate first among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After a six-week surge, the daily average...
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In flood cleanup, here’s how to stay safe and healthy
Disaster cleanup workers take breaks and keep hydrated when temperatures are high, as is forecast this week. —– Floods can kill, but so can the cleanup, if you aren’t careful,...
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Annual policy forum will focus on role of education in health
Individual and public health are influenced by many things, including the educational characteristics of people and their communities. Education will be the focus of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s 2022...
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Strawberries could reduce chance of Alzheimer’s, study finds
Photo illustration from berries.com —– Strawberries could help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at Rush University in Chicago. They found that a compound in...
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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...