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  58% of Kentucky adults say the pandemic is over for them, and resistance among the unvaccinated to getting a shot is increasing

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four in seven Kentucky adults (57%) think the pandemic is over in the state and more than 80% say concerns about Covid-19 will not...

  By Heather Close Published December 14, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  New cases of the flu outnumber new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, but deaths from Covid-19 went back up last week

  By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News  Newly confirmed cases of influenza are outpacing new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, and the state is among the national...

  By Heather Close Published December 13, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  Beshear says health decisions based on Kentuckians’ needs, not politics; wishes he could have been more persuasive on vaccines

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...

  By Heather Close Published December 12, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Number of Ky. counties with high and medium Covid-19 risk tick up a bit; Beshear says it’s likely due to ‘post-Thanksgiving bump’

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties with high and medium risk of Covid-19 transmission on the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map released Thursday were...

  By Heather Close Published December 9, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  Epidemiologist says the dreaded triple-demic is here, with RSV, flu and Covid-19 cases all rising together

  With national rates of influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus rising together, the “dreaded and much anticipated triple-demic is finally here,” epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina writes in her newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist. RSV is...

  By Heather Close Published December 8, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, DRUGS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  As flu cases surge in the state, CDC and infectious-disease doctor at UK urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of influenza continue to surge in Kentucky, an infectious-disease doctor says the best way to protect yourself, your loved ones and your...

  By Heather Close Published December 8, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, DRUGS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  Flu cases in Kentucky keep rising; at least one hospital system in the state saw more flu patients than Covid-19 patients last week

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza continues to slam Kentucky, with one hospital system saying last week’s flu admissions were greater than Covid-19 admissions and another seeing about equal...

  By Heather Close Published December 6, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  Covid-19 hospitalizations, positivity rate and new coronavirus cases jumped up last week, while death rate went down

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Covid-19 hospitalizations and cases tin Kentucky took a big jump last week, the number of Kentuckians who died from the virus in that...

  By Heather Close Published December 6, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

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  Bogus anti-vaccine video goes viral, says a FactCheck.org report

  By FactCheck.org There have been more than 13 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered worldwide, including more than 600 million in the United States. The vaccines have saved an estimated...

  By Heather Close Published December 5, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Pandemic stress caused premature aging in teenagers’ brains; long-term effect uncertain, but some parents say impact will last

  American teenagers’ brains prematurely aged by three years during the pandemic due to the stress of lockdowns, a study has found. The researchers found changes similar to those seen in...

  By Heather Close Published December 5, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH