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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC issued a health advisory

As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial ... Read more

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Flu, Covid-19 and RSV rates are so high that the CDC issued a health advisory

As illness from the three respiratory viruses tracked by Kentucky health departments — influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial ... Read more

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Surgeon general issues advisory about social-media use

By MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News Concerns about the effects of social media on youth mental health prompted ... Read more

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Beshear out to revive Medicaid dental, vision, hearing benefits

BY MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has again proposed regulations to expand dental, vision and ... Read more

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Seasonal depression is real, but so is treatment

BY HEATHER CLOSE Kentucky Health News As much as three percent of the U.S. population is thought to ... Read more

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Overall health of Kentuckians lags far behind national average

BY MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News After not ranking states for two years due to the pandemic, America’s ... Read more

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Severity of Covid cases drops in Kentucky

MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News The weekly pandemic risk map for Kentucky improved again Thursday, as the number ... Read more

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Kentucky leads nation in syringe-exchange programs: Officials say more are needed

MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has more syringe service programs than any other state, but 57 ... Read more

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Fentanyl blamed for record overdose deaths in Kentucky

Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 14.6 percent in Kentucky in 2021, according to the state’s annual report released ... Read more

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All of Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics rose last week State has attributed the deaths of more than 16,000 Kentuckians to the virus

All of the metrics to measure the coronavirus in Kentucky crept up in the last week, and the ... Read more