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Risks of vaccines are very small, but one in four Kentucky adults think those risks outweigh the benefits of getting vaccinated
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll, Feb. 11-March 12, 2021; error margin +/-3.5 percentage points —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults told pollsters last...
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Kentucky still ranks 37th in well-being of children in latest Kids Count Data Book, but isn’t progressing as much as other states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children’s well-being, released June 21 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, again ranks Kentucky 37th in the nation...
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Temporary Medicaid ending; special marketplace enrollment period ends Aug. 15; premium-free COBRA ends in September
Families USA graphic; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians have about two more months to buy reduced-cost health insurance on the...
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Kentucky ranks low in vaccinations of nursing-home employees
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– Employees providing care at Kentucky nursing homes are among the least likely in...
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Some Kentuckians say ticks are worse than ever; experts can’t say that, but offer ways to protect yourself from tick-borne illness
Lone Star ticks on Anna Pasternack’s wrist (photo provided; click to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentuckians are saying ticks are more plentiful than ever this...
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UK seeks children under 12 to be part of Covid-19 vaccine trial
The University of Kentucky is seeking children from six months through 11 years old to participate in a federally funded clinical trial of the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus. UK is one of 90 sites...
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Local collaborations help tackle Ky.’s health problems, and can be guided by hospitals’ and health departments’ needs assessments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Collaborations in individual communities can play a critical role when it comes to improving Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, largely because those outcomes are grounded...
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Local businesses can play a big role in getting rural customers and neighbors vaccinated for Covid-19; organizations offer help
“A return to regular, small-town living will require a continuous effort to get residents vaccinated for Covid-19, according to the head of the Rural America Chamber of Commerce,” Adilia Watson reports...
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Virus that was suppressed by pandemic measures resurges in Ky. and the South; main threat is to younger kids, vulnerable adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people in Kentucky and states to the south to look out for a respiratory illness that is spreading in the region. The disease...
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Rural Ky. needs more community health workers and medical-school residents, legislators and UK hospital executive say
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Improving health care and health in rural Kentucky will take more people in the health-care workforce, specifically at the top and bottom of the...