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Friday, June 18, 2021

Kentucky ranks low in vaccinations of nursing-home employees

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge Employees providing care at Kentucky nursi...

KET program, airing Monday night and online afterward, explores how to die a better death, with a focus on palliative care

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The World Health Organization describes palliative care as "an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their famili...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Some Kentuckians say ticks are worse than ever; experts can't say that, but offer ways to protect yourself from tick-borne illness

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentuckians are saying ticks are more plentiful than ever this year. Some states are having one...

Coronavirus vaccinations being delivered at an increasing rate; Beshear says state incentives are helping, not sure how much

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Washington Post graphic, adapted by Ky. Health News; interactive chart and methodology are  here . By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Vaccina...

Beshear says Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare should end challenges to law that let his father expand Medicaid in Ky.

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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the Patient Protection ...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

UK seeks children under 12 to be part of Covid-19 vaccine trial

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The University of Kentucky is seeking children from six months through 11 years old to participate in a federally funded clinical trial of ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Ky. averaging more than 15,000 coronavirus vaccine doses per day in last seven days, more than half again as previous week

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Vaccinations for the coronavirus continue to increase in Kentucky, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...

Firm that has 30 addiction-treatment centers in Kentucky has its largest one on a former college campus near Springfield

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Joseph Bentley got his GED degree at Crown Recovery and  now helps others do it. (Photo by Jonathon Gregg, Spectrum News) Addiction Recovery...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Health plans' vaccination campaign moves to Eastern Kentucky; vaccinations are on the rise, perhaps due to state incentives

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Ky. Health News adapted the Dept. of Public Health vaccination map (click it to enlarge; click here for live version ) to show counties in ...

Local collaborations help tackle Ky.'s health problems, and can be guided by hospitals' and health departments' needs assessments

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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Collaborations in individual communities can play a critical role when it comes to improving Kentuck...

Local businesses can play a big role in getting rural customers and neighbors vaccinated for Covid-19; organizations offer help

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Map by The Daily Yonder, adapted by Kentucky Health News "A return to regular, small-town living will require a continuous effort to ge...
Saturday, June 12, 2021

Virus that was suppressed by pandemic measures resurges in Ky. and the South; main threat is to younger kids, vulnerable adults

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people in Kentucky and states to the south to look out for a respiratory illness...