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Illness not enough for parents to keep kids home from school
HEATHER CLOSE Kentucky Health News Schools in Kentucky and across the nation have been hit hard by a slew of respiratory viruses, and some parents ...
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Most Kentuckians are done with the pandemic
Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus continues to rise, about a third of the state’s ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, August 15, 2022 3:08 pm
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Judge blocks state abortion bans until at least Wednesday, July 6
Kentucky Health News A judge has temporarily blocked Kentucky laws that ban abortion. Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry issued a restraining order Thursday morning that ...
by Kentucky Health News, Friday, July 1, 2022 11:59 am
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Feds say Covid-19 home tests will ship directly to users starting Wednesday
Visit https://www.covidtests.gov/ to order your test starting Jan. 19 The Biden administration says it will begin mailing Covid-19 tests directly to Americans on Wednesday, Jan. ...
by Kentucky Health News, Wednesday, January 19, 2022 5:00 am
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November is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Smoking’s negative health consequences are well known, but smokers can reduce―or even erase―their risk of dying from lung cancer by quitting at a young age, ...
by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, November 25, 2021 7:00 am
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Obesity is big risk factor for severe Covid-19
Despite the recent decline in new coronavirus infections, appears to be on the decline, “The risk to children and adults is still significant,” Hilary Brown ...
by Kentucky Health News, Friday, October 29, 2021 1:30 pm
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COVID-19 denial making doctors’ jobs harder
Challenges lie in treating unvaccinated Healthcare workers “are growing weary of Covid-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during ...
by Kentucky Health News, Tuesday, October 12, 2021 8:00 am
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Southeastern part of the Kentucky being devastated by COVID
The Delta variant of the coronavirus “is cutting a devastating swath through Appalachian Kentucky,” the Louisville Courier Journal reports. Reporter Chris Kenning cites experts who ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, September 27, 2021 5:12 pm
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COVID-19 patients in ICUs set record
Stack says it’s worse than it seems due to staff shortages BY AL CROSS AND MELISSA PATRICK As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in ...
by Kentucky Health News, Thursday, August 19, 2021 4:23 pm
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McConnell using his campaign funds to run pro-vaccine ads
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will use funds from his campaign to run 60-second advertisements on more than 100 radio stations in Kentucky to promote vaccination ...
