Tag: contagious diseases
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First two cases of flu reported in Ky.; time to get your vaccine
Flu season in Kentucky typically begins in October or November, and is right on schedule as state public health officials have reported the first two confirmed cases of the season...
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At least 14 counties had vaccination rates in 2011-12 below level experts say is needed to protect kindergartners from measles
As concern about the spread of measles from lack of vaccination grows, many Kentucky counties probably have vaccination rates below the minimum that experts say is needed to create “herd...
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Fear of Ebola is causing people all over the country to act on unfounded fears, and Kentucky is no exception
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fearing the Ebola virus, administrators at St. Margaret Mary Catholic School in Louisville put Susan Sherman, a registered nurse and an elementary school teacher,...
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Americans do need to worry about Ebola: not about daily risk, but about the future if it is not contained, expert says
The Ebola virus isn’t a risk to Americans now, but will be “down the road” if the epidemic is not contained, says a crisis communication consultant who’s been working for...
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How contagious is ebola? Not very, experts say
This story was updated Monday, Oct. 13 Several days ago, Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. He didn’t appear to be ill during his...
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Chickenpox outbreak reported at Crab Orchard
Five students at Crab Orchard Elementary School in Lincoln County have been diagnosed with chickenpox, putting the county school system on alert, Ben Kleppinger reports for The Interior Journal in...
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‘Superbug’ considered the worst one yet is still not widespread in Kentucky hospitals, but officials predict it is coming
A new deadly superbug that is almost totally resistant to antibiotics and kills about half who get bloodstream infections has found its way to community hospitals in the Southeastern United...
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Flu now widespread in Kentucky; first death reported; young adults, children at higher risk than usual; vaccine advised for all
This is an update of a story posted Tuesday. The state Department for Public Health said Tuesday that influenza in Kentucky has gone beyond regional breakouts to being widespread, the...
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Lexington internist, Dr. Ardis Hoven, becomes president of the AMA, the nation’s largest physician organization
Ardis Dee Hoven, M.D., an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist in Lexington, was installed as president of the American Medical Association at its annual meeting Tuesday night in Chicago. The AMA...
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Avoiding immunizations on religious grounds is risky: Bill Moyers
The movie “Contagion” has veteran journalist and commentator Bill Moyers thinking about how fast a deadly disease outbreak can spread, something that can be further propagated by children whose parents have...