State launches campaign to promote vaccines for Covid-19, flu
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Working to get ahead of what is expected to be a severe flu and Covid-19 season, the state has started a campaign to encourage Kentuckians...
Author: Al Cross
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Latest Covid-19 risk map shows number of Ky. counties at elevated risk dropped 24% in the past week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The weekly pandemic risk map for Kentucky improved again Thursday, as the number of counties at elevated risk of Covid-19 dropped 24 percent. Only...
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As cool weather hits, state and foundation launch campaign to promote vaccinations for Covid-19 and the flu
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Working to get ahead of what is expected to be a severe flu and Covid-19 season, the state has started a campaign to encourage Kentuckians...
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New Covid-19 cases in Ky. hit a plateau, but in East Ky. it’s a very high plateau, and part of the nation’s biggest hotspot
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky hit a plateau last week after declining for four of the last five weeks, but the number...
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Here are some simple tips to help you stay healthier as you age
By Kelly Parsons University of Kentucky What goes up and never comes down? Your age! September is Healthy Aging Month, an observance designed to celebrate the positive aspects of growing...
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‘Long Covid’ should be considered a ‘major health crisis’ and not a respiratory disease, but a systemic one, research leader says
https://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2022/09/long-covid-can-affect-anyone-who-has.html
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More than 50,000 in Medicare prescription program had a drug overdose last year; up 15%, about same as overall increase in Ky.
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At least 50,391 Americans in Medicare Part D, which pays for prescription drugs, had an overdose from prescription opioids, illicit opioids, or both during 2021,...
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Covid-19 map for Kentucky shows 41 counties with less risk than last week, but Eastern Coal Field remains almost fully high-risk
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The weekly Covid-19 risk map for Kentucky took a solid turn for the better Thursday, as more than a third of the state’s counties...
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Beshears get new Covid-19 booster shots designed to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus
The governor gets a shot as the first lady watches. (State photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy Beshear, got the newly updated bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine Wednesday...
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About 400 people a day still die from Covid-19 in the U.S., but most deaths are preventable by vaccinations and booster shots
Graph from Your Local Epidemiologist —– Covid-19 is still the third leading cause of death in America, killing about 400 people a day, largely the unvaccinated and those 65 and...