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Remember your brain needs proper diet and exercise
By Dr. Greg Jicha University of Kentucky Healthy brain aging is a concern for all of us. June is recognized as Brain and Alzheimer’s Awareness ...
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Ky. medical experts say Covid-19 will always be with us but treatments will help us live with virus
BY AL CROSS The coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease will always be with us, and may become more contagious, but probably less dangerous, while ...
by Kentucky Health News, Tuesday, June 21, 2022 3:30 pm
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Program to get low-income seniors free fruits, vegetables at Ky. farmers’ markets, which usually starts June 1, delayed to July 1
Low-income seniors who are at risk of poor nutrition have been unable to get free fruits and vegetables from Kentucky farmers’ markets this month, but ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, June 20, 2022 3:03 pm
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CDC says the Covid-19 risk level is high in 19 Kentucky counties and medium in 29, about the same as last week
BY MELISSA PATRICK This week’s federal Covid-19 community levels map shows a slightly increased risk of the disease across Kentucky. Nineteen Kentucky counties are red ...
by Kentucky Health News, Saturday, June 18, 2022 6:00 pm
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CDC estimates that Covid-19 risk level is high in 19 Ky. counties, up from 7 last week; level is medium in 28, up from 21
BY MELISSA PATRICK Kentucky Health News The federal government’s coronavirus map for Kentucky shows a higher level of virus transmission and an increased risk of ...
by Kentucky Health News, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:28 pm
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Mothers on WIC program who need formula should call health department; others should call pediatrician, health secretary says
By Melissa Patrick As Kentucky families struggle to find baby formula for their infants and no immediate end in sight, Kentucky lawmakers discussed ways to ...
by Kentucky Health News, Friday, June 10, 2022 2:34 pm
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COVID-19 denial making doctors’ jobs harder
Healthcare workers “are growing weary of Covid-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the Delta-driven surge,” The Associated ...
by Kentucky Health News, Monday, October 11, 2021 11:37 am
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Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky on the rise
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 49% in 2020, according to the state’s latest annual report. “In addition to the ...