Category: CORONAVIRUS
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The number of Kentucky counties with high and medium Covid-19 risk on the federal risk map made a big jump this week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Covid-19 cases in Kentucky appear to be on a rough plateau overall, but the number of counties with high and medium risk of transmission...
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Building trust in public health for the next time: ‘If a pandemic can’t bring us together around the common purpose, what can?’
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern Even as Kentucky reels and recovers from Covid-19 in what some have touted as the “new normal,” experts say there are systemic steps we could...
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Suit claims Morehead hospital refused to grant all requests from workers for religious exemptions from Covid-19 vaccine mandate
A woman who says she was fired by St. Claire Medical Center for not getting a Covid-19 vaccine is suing the hospital in federal court, alleging that the Morehead hospital...