By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Heading into Kentucky Derby weekend, a time for gatherings, the state is seeing more new cases of the co...
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FDA announces plan to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars within the next year; likely to be a long processHealthy Care
Menthol cigarettes (New England Public Media photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Food and Drug Administration an...
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As coronavirus vaccines keep falling short of goals in Kentucky, businesses step up with incentives to nudge Kentuckians alongHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus vaccination rates in Kentucky remain slow, with only 9,504 shots given yesterday, an...
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Coronavirus vaccinations and cases continue to slow in KentuckyHealthy Care
Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. By Al Cross Kentucky Health ...
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New federal guidelines will let almost all providers prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder, a boon to rural KentuckyHealthy Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it will allow most medical providers to prescribe buprenorphine for op...
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Vaccination demand plummets for second week in a row; state used only 39% of the vaccine doses it received last weekHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News chart, state Department for Public Health data By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky used less than 40 ...
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Beshear lifts outdoor mask mandate, says 'We will probably do things more incrementally;' Johnson & Johnson vaccine returnsHealthy Care
State Department for Public Health chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. By Melissa Patrick Kentuck...
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Ky. is a regional leader in vaccinations, but some rural counties lag far behind, and public-health officials blame misinformationHealthy Care
Photos by Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley Resource Kentucky is a regional leader in immunization for the coronavirus, but vaccinations...
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More than ever, numbers show a pandemic plateau, tilting downHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph shows state-reported data for the last seven months. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Is this the de...
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Study in West Virginia finds rural users of electronic cigarettes are older, and often sicker, than their urban counterpartsHealthy Care
E-cigarettes are called "vapes," for vapor, but make aerosols. ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graphic) A...
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Kentucky reports 33 more Covid-19 deaths; Beshear urges Kentuckians to get vaccinated in their honorHealthy Care
Gov. Andy Beshear looking at the flags on the state Capitol grounds that represent Kentuckians lost to Covid-19. Facebook photo. ...
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Ex-Gov. Beshear 1 of 7 on Opioid Crisis Task Force formed by Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., think tankHealthy Care
Steve Beshear Photo from Bipartisan Policy Center By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Former Gov. Steve Beshear is one of...
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Vaccinations in Ky. keep slowing; FEMA to open sites in London, Henderson next week; one-dose vaccine likely to return soonHealthy Care
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine carries the Janssen brand name. (New York Times photo by Bryan Anselm) By Al Cross Kentucky He...
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Reaching people where they are is the goal of a Lexington town hall meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday about coronavirus vaccinesHealthy Care
Photo from Delaware.gov By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus vaccinations have slowed recently, Gov. Andy Be...
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