Author: Al Cross
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Vitamin D is a key to good health, but 3 in 7 of us are short of it
Some sources of vitamin D are fish, milk, eggs, peas, mushrooms and supplements. (Health.com) —– Vitamin D plays many important roles in the body, but about three out of seven Americans...
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New cases of coronavirus keep falling, but hospitals stay busy
Table by state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Fewer people are getting the coronavirus in Kentucky, and the...
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‘Orange is still a bad color,’ Beshear says, urging schools to keep mask mandates until students can get fully vaccinated
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and his public-health chief...
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Coronavirus numbers continue on a rough plateau in Kentucky; officials cite safety and effectiveness of vaccine for kids
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News With Wednesday’s coronavirus metrics about the same as Tuesday’s, the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 are approved, but many parents appear reluctant; here are questions and answers
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved emergency-use authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds Tuesday after its immunization advisory committee, an independent group...
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Kentucky’s coronavirus positive-test rate inches up again; infection rate is about the same; 7-day new-case average falls
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate remains on a rough plateau, still too high to be considered safe, and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for...
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Beshear urges booster shots, citing data to support his plea, but he won’t say the pandemic’s decline has stalled in Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The key message at Gov. Andy Beshear’s weekly Covid-19 news conference was “Go out and get your booster,” because initial vaccinations are beginning to...
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Short staffing of Kentucky ambulance services leads to deaths
Kentuckians are dying because their local emergency medical services can’t find enough employees to staff the ambulances. That’s the upshot of a detailed story by Bill Estep in the Lexington Herald-Leader, which begins...
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Enrollment for subsidized health insurance is open on Kynect
State Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Enrollment is now open on Kynect, the state’s revived health-insurance marketplace, for federally subsidized health insurance for 2022. The...
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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
Image from CNBC.com —– The Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines using messenger RNA are shown to be safe for people with a history of severe allergic reactions to vaccines, medications, or allergens, according to a...