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End of Beshear’s Covid-19 press briefings Friday will signal, if not the end of the pandemic, the turning of a page and moving on
Beshear at a briefing the first week of the pandemic, with interpreter Virginia Moore at left and Health Commissioner Steven Stack at right. (Photo by Michael Clevenger, Louisville Courier Journal) —–...
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Factory worker and bodybuilder, 43, is first person in Kentucky to get a double lung transplant because of damage from Covid-19
Dave Hoover and family (UK HealthCare photo) —– The first Kentuckian to get a double lung transplant because of damage from the coronavirus is a 43-year-old competitive bodybuilder who is “the kind...
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Free webinar at 1 p.m. ET Thursday, June 3, will show how rural employers can strengthen local vaccination rates
A National Rural Business Summit webinar on Thursday, June 3, will discuss how major rural employers and small businesses can engage with employees and residents to play a meaningful role in increasing...
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Study of 288 Covid-19 patients in Michigan found nearly half left hospital in worse physical condition than when they arrived
Image from tarponpa.com —– Coronavirus infections and Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline, but much remains unknown about the lingering consequences of the disease, including the loss of physical...
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Research finds declines in drug-overdose death rates in eight Eastern Kentucky counties and explores the many reasons for it
From “Understanding Declining Rates of Drug Overdose Mortality in Eastern Ky.;” click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A decline in drug-overdose deaths in several Eastern...
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Northern Kentucky jail offers treatment and care after release as part of drug treatment for inmates who want it
Photo: Liz Dufour/The Enquirer —– A jail in Northern Kentucky has embraced science-based research for inmates with addiction for inmates who want it since 2015, and now that program includes...
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Chamber, UK school starting public-policy series with discussion of health differences and disparities between rural and urban Ky.
The health disparities between rural and urban Kentucky, and differences in health-care access and delivery, will be discussed in the first of a new series of public-policy webinars sponsored by...
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Approval of coronavirus vaccines for children under 12 could take months; no rush needed unless a bad variant arises, experts say
“Experts say it’s a no-brainer for adults and adolescents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But for younger kids, the case isn’t as clear-cut,” reports Alexandra Ellerbeck of The Washington Post. When the Centers for...
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CDC urges health-care providers to open coronavirus vaccine vials even if doses will go to waste; it’s a boon for rural areas
Colton James Edwards, a student at Tusculum University in Tusculum, Tennessee, receives a COVID-19 shot at Plateau Pediatrics in Crossville. Nationwide, more pediatricians are expected to start offering COVID-19 vaccinations....
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When settlement with opioid makers and distributors is reached, Kentucky and local governments will split it half and half
Photo: Forbes.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When a global settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors is settled, Kentucky will allocate half of any proceeds to the state...