Tag: death
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Kentucky officials announce state’s first pediatric flu death this season
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A child has died from influenza in Kentucky, the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced Friday, Feb. 9. DPH reports that this is the...
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Medical examiner quits, then stays; was in dispute over resources, autopsy delays, hiring of former legislator to run office
Photo illustration from WKYT-TV Dr. William Ralston quit his job as the state’s chief medical examiner Friday “over frustrations involving personnel decisions and financial concerns for his office,” then agreed...
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Eastern Kentucky has some of the nation’s highest cancer mortality rates, study finds
Eastern Kentucky has some of the highest cancer rates in the U.S., says a study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington published in the Journal of the...