Author: Al Cross
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If you have heart disease or have had a stroke, you are at higher risk of having complications from the flu, so get a shot, CDC says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as influenza cases in Kentucky continue to decline, federal health officials remind people with heart disease that they need to get a flu...
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Getting annual flu shots or nasal sprays gives children broad protection against many variants of influenza, study finds
Photo from Washington University in St. Louis —– Children who receive year after year of season-specific influenza vaccines develop antibodies that also provide broader protection against new strains of flu, including...
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Pandemic numbers keep falling, except daily Covid-19 deaths
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers based on initial, unadjusted reports; click image to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic kept declining in Kentucky Friday, but...
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State’s infection rate still sixth in nation; Beshear blames later Omicron surge and legislature’s removal of his prevention powers
Chart shows how Kentucky’s daily vaccination rate has declined over the last two months. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The metrics used to measure the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Overall, Ky. coronavirus numbers keep falling, but remain high; CDC director says it’s still too early to cut prevention efforts
Graph by Kentucky Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite encouraging trends in coronavirus case rates, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that...
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Appalachian youth use cameras in UK cancer center’s project to document and think about cancer in rural Kentucky
For 19-year-old Brianna Reyes Fry of Carter County, a butterfly represents a deeper meaning: “A butterfly resembles change. Kentucky needs change. We need a breakthrough.” (University of Kentucky photo by Pete...
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Virus cases keep falling, but not as quickly as in most states; Kentucky’s infection rate is seventh highest in the nation
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Like much of the nation, Kentucky’s coronavirus case...
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Covid-19 trend remains good, but governor says we have a way to go and cautions Kentuckians to not let their guard down
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics continue to move in...
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Another study shows that wearing a mask lowers the odds of getting Covid-19, and that the type of mask you wear matters
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two years into the pandemic, many people still refuse to wear a face mask as part...
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Louisville hospitals worry that shortage of nurses, worsened by the pandemic, will damage how they care for patients for years
Colleagues care for Becky Fulks, a nurse at University of Louisville Hospital nurse who nearly died from Covid-19 though she was vaccinated. Only 15% of Covid patients in hospitals are...