CDC says Covid-19 risk is high in 43 counties and medium in 35; transmission levels are high in 111, and Beshear advises cautionHealthy Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties on the fed...

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Judge blocks state abortion bans until at least Wednesday, July 6Healthy Care

Kentucky Health News A judge has temporarily blocked Kentucky laws that ban abortion. Jefferson Circuit Judge Mitch Perry issued a restrai...

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Baby formula is slowly returning to store shelves in KentuckyHealthy Care

Baby formula from the U.K. is in Louisville. (WDRB photo) Baby formula is slowly beginning to reappear on store shelves in Kentuck...

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Registration for the Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Chattanooga on July 14 is open through July 7Healthy Care

The Association of Health Care Journalists  is hosting a Rural Health Journalism Workshop on July 14 in Chattanooga for its members, and it...

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In Morehead is an example of what the pandemic taught hospitalsHealthy Care

St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead With the pandemic no longer stressing them, rural hospitals in Kentucky are reflect...

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Ky. Covid-19 cases and positivity rate increased last week, but hospital numbers kept nearly stable and deaths hit 11-month lowHealthy Care

Graph by Kentucky Health News from state data; click on it to enlarge. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While most of K...

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Tips for keeping children safe in the 'deadliest days of summer'Healthy Care

Yobro10, iStock / Getty Images Plus By Sherri Hannan University of Kentucky The season from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day i...

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Recovery in the Workplace Conference encouraged Kentucky employers to hire people who are in recovery from addictionHealthy Care

More than 150 attended the Recovery in the Workplace Conference.  (Ky. Chamber of Commerce photo) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Hea...

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Kentucky had the second highest increase in deaths caused by alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2020, just behind West VirginiaHealthy Care

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the first year of the pandemic, the United States experienced the highest-ever combined rates o...

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National poll shows some parents need to enforce better safety rules on fireworks; children's sparklers can be dangerous, tooHealthy Care

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As communities and families prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, some parents overlook the ri...

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First probable case of monkeypox is reported in KentuckyHealthy Care

Centers for Disease Control map, adapted by Ky. Health News Kentucky health officials announced Friday that the state's first ...

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Decision triggers Ky. law banning abortion unless woman faces risk of death or serious, permanent harm to a life-sustaining organHealthy Care

Abortions were performed in this room at the Planned Parenthood center in Louisville. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-L...

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CDC says Covid-19 risk is growing in Ky.; it's high in 22 counties and medium in 37; virus transmission levels are still high in 111Healthy Care

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week's federal Covid-19 ...

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Ex-Govs. Fletcher, Beshear in 2022 Recovery Hall of Fame classHealthy Care

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four Kentuckians were inducted into the 2022 Kentucky Recovery Hall of Fame at the fourth annual ...

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FDA orders Juul products off the shelves, but firm says it will 'seek a stay'; rule to limit level of nicotine in cigarettes is comingHealthy Care

Photo from Juul Labs By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government has ordered  Juul Labs to stop selling and d...

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Your brain needs proper diet and exercise, too; it's something to remember in June, Brain and Alzheimer's Awareness MonthHealthy Care

Photo illustration by Daniel de la Hoz, iStock/Getty Images Plus By Dr. Greg Jicha University of Kentucky Healthy brain aging i...

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Celebration of the life of Dr. Douglas Scutchfield is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at UK and will be livestreamed on YouTubeHealthy Care

By the University of Kentucky College of Public Health Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield An author, diplomat, doctor, editor, educator, ...

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Ky. medical experts say Covid-19 will always be with us, but vaccines, therapies and preventive steps mean we can live with itHealthy Care

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease will always be with us, and may become more contagious, ...

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