Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Seasonal respiratory illness in Kentucky has declined for three weeks, but the numbers are still considered elevated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Emergency-department visits and hospital admissions for respiratory disease in Kentucky have dropped for three weeks in a row, but the Kentucky Department for Public...
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State reports two Kentucky children have died, one from flu and one from Covid-19, but hospital visits show first decline in months
As the state reported the first two deaths of children from Covid-19 and influenza, Kentucky saw the first drops in emergency-room visits and hospital admissions for the diseases in more...
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Flu, up 33% in year’s final week, continues to drive big jumps in respiratory illness in Kentucky; it’s not too late to get a flu shot
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Like the rest of the nation, Kentucky saw another big jump in influenza cases in the week ended Dec. 30, with visits to emergency...
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CDC keeps urging health-care providers to recommend and offer vaccines; flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are elevated in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to encourage health-care providers to get their patients immunized against flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncitial virus,...
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Fact-checkers at Politifact say RFK Jr.’s presidential campaign of conspiracy theories, mainly about health topics, is ‘Lie of the Year’
Politifact is a fact-checking service of The Poynter Institute, a foundation for journalism that says it is “an instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and...
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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC has issued a health advisory urging more Americans to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — continue to pile...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness went up 10% in latest weekly report; hospitalizations for flu and RSV inched up
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health‘s latest weekly respiratory report shows Covid-19 virus activity is moderate, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity is increasing, and...
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Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness in Kentucky went up for the sixth week in a row, as hospitalizations saw a slight dip
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As we head into the full swing of the holiday season and people start to gather indoors to celebrate while taking fewer precautions to...
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You can get four more free at-home tests for Covid-19, and if you didn’t get four already, you can get eight of them, starting Monday
By The Associated Press Americans can order more free Covid-19 tests online for home delivery starting Monday. The U.S. government is offering to send another round of four at-home virus...
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A warning for the holidays: The risk of getting Covid-19 in a crowded indoor setting is still very high, state health chief says
The novel coronavirus, Covid-19, is not so novel anymore, but it remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and will be a threat as families gather...