State Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Kentucky Health News Enrollment is now open on Kynect , the state&#...
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Even if you have a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines, Pfizer and Covid shots are still a good idea, big study says-HEALTHYLIVE
Image from CNBC.com The Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines using messenger RNA are shown to be safe for people with a histo...
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Pandemic's decline stalls in Ky.; more schools drop masks; shots for kids 5-11 are days away; vaccination data are being corrected -HEALTHYLIVE
Graphic from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention By Al Cross Kentucky Health News ...
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'Take It From Me' campaign has 18 new video public-service announcements to promote coronavirus vaccination -HEALTHYLIVE
The "Take It From Me" campaign of public service video announcements has released 18 more videos urging Kentuckians to get a coron...
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New toolkit aims to help rural organizations create medication-assisted therapy programs for opioid misuse-HEALTHYLIVE
A new toolkit from the Rural Health Information Hub aims to help rural communities and organizations develop, implement, evaluate and su...
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Kentucky's decline from the peak of the pandemic has been steeper than the nation's; vaccination rate now 24th among states-HEALTHYLIVE
Washington Post map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows rates in bordering and nearby states and Puerto Rico, the national leader...
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Obesity is big risk factor for severe Covid-19, and that's important in Kentucky, which is No. 1 in obesity of children aged 10 to 17-HEALTHYLIVE
Despite the recent decline in new coronavirus infections, appears to be on the decline, "The risk to children and adults is still signi...
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Most pandemic metrics are favorable, except intensive-care cases-HEALTHYLIVE
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pan...
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Foundation gives $20,000 to spur vaccination in low-vax counties-HEALTHYLIVE
State Department for Public Health vaccination-rate map, adapted by Kentucky Health News The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky ...
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UK physician Peterson will be co-presenter in Nov. 9 webinar about the critical role of family physicians in rural America-HEALTHYLIVE
Lars Peterson, M.D., Ph.D. A University of Kentucky physician and a University of Washington researcher will hold a webinar at 1...
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The pandemic map is mainly orange, but has plenty of red counties; kids could start getting Pfizer shots as early as Nov. 3-HEALTHYLIVE
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge any image, click on it. New York Times map show...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus drops below 6%, but Beshear says daily new cases are still too high-HEALTHYLIVE
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; first-month figures are unreliable due to few tests. By Melissa Patr...
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Kentucky's 10- to 17-year-old youth rank No. 1 for obesity; high-school students rank fifth, 2-to-4-year-olds in WIC program sixth-HEALTHYLIVE
Map from foundation report, adapted by Kentucky Health News to show rates in bordering states and the Southeast By Melissa Patrick Kentu...
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Cardiovascular endurance exercises are better than weightlifting and other resistance exercise for improving health, study finds-HEALTHYLIVE
Endurance exercises such as running or biking may be more beneficial to human health than resistance exercises such as weightlifting, says a...
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Study: E-cigarettes don't help smokers stay off combustible cigs-HEALTHYLIVE
truthinitiative.org photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Switching to electronic cigarettes don't help smokers...
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Republican legislator gives overview of 'pro-life omnibus bill' that opponents say is designed to push abortion out of reach-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Foes of abortion gave state legislators an overview Wednesday of a proposed bill that would streng...
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Since start of pandemic, Kentucky's case rate is 17% above U.S. average, but state's Covid-19 death rate appears near average-HEALTHYLIVE
New York Times map adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with county rates. By Al Cross Kentucky He...
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Daily vaccinations and new coronavirus cases in Ky. are falling at about the same rate, but jabs outnumber cases by almost 7 to 1-HEALTHYLIVE
Chart by The Washington Post ; for a larger version, click on it. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As booster shots of all co...
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Pandemic made chronic shortage of nurses in Ky. an acute shortage; now 1/4 of Ky. nurses say they plan to leave their jobs-HEALTHYLIVE
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) One in four Kentucky nurses say th...
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Could we eliminate Covid-19? New study says it's possible, if some portion of the population keeps practicing social distancing-HEALTHYLIVE
Getty Images via Florida Atlantic University Some experts have said Covid-19 will become an endemic disease, like the flu, that ma...
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Most Covid-19 measures in Kentucky continue to trend downward; 53 more Covid-19 deaths reported Thursday-HEALTHYLIVE
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it . By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All of Ke...
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