Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Cannabis users are at increased risk of severe Covid, study finds
Kentucky Health News Use of cannabis, commonly called marijuana, is linked to an increased risk of serious illness for those with Covid-19. So says a study published in the American...
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Fauci, facing Congress for first time since retirement, distances himself from aide who used personal emails for business
Kentucky Health News Dr. Anthony Fauci defended his actions during the Covid-19 pandemic before House lawmakers Monday and distanced himself from an aide accused of misconduct, Politico‘s Carmen Paun reports. Fauci...
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Repeat Covid-19 shots help ward off variants, even other viruses
Kentucky Health News The virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic is still here, sending thousands of Americans to hospitals each week and regularly spinning off new variants that can evade...
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As new Covid-19 variants become dominant and boosters are needed, vaccine misinformation continues; here are the facts
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern In the last month, new Covid-19 variants emerged as the dominant strain in the United States. Covid-19 vaccines are still recommended for protection against the...
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State House kills bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccine mandates, after it takes a fast, unusual trip through the Senate
Kentucky Health News A bill that would have banned Covid-19 vaccines from being required for employment, student enrollment or activities, or medical treatment and licensing, died a quiet death in the state...
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Physician who treats only seniors endorses CDC recommendation that everyone over 65 should get a Covid-19 booster this spring
By Laurie Archbald-Pannone Associate professor of medicine and geriatrics, University of Virginia In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with Covid-19. In spring 2020, the federal government...
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On 4th anniversary of Ky.’s first Covid-19 case, Beshear says it’s a time ‘to say that we’re going to try to do better and better . . . ‘
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Four years after the day that Kentucky confirmed its first official case of Covid-19, Kandie Adkinson rang a singular bell in the state Capitol rotunda,...
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CDC shortens Covid-19 isolation advice to match other viruses
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated guidance for how long people need to isolate when they get Covid-19, to match the...
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UK study estimates more than 134,000 cases of cancer went undiagosed in the first 10 months of the pandemic, due to it
By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky More than 134,000 cancer cases went undiagnosed in the U.S. during the first 10 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new University of...
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Respiratory viruses keep declining in Kentucky, but might be headed for plateau at ‘elevated level; flu up; study shows updated Covid-19 vaccine works
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for respiratory-related illness in Kentucky have declined four weeks in a row, but the state health department still...