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Behavioral-health hotline for suicide prevention, mental health and substance-use crises will go live on Saturday, July 16; call 988

By Melissa Patrick Starting Saturday, July 16, the new behavioral-health crisis hotline number will be 988, much like ... Read more

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Only 2.5% of Kentucky’s 6,561 National Guard soldiers refused vaccination for Covid-19 before federal deadline

By Melissa Patrick As of July 6, only 2.5% of Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers have refused a Covid-19 vaccine, ... Read more

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

By Melissa Patrick The number of Kentucky counties on the federal Covid-19 risk map continues to increase, with almost two-thirds ... Read more

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Your brain needs proper diet and exercise, too

By Dr. Greg Jicha University of Kentucky Healthy brain aging is a concern for all of us. June ... Read more

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Ky. medical experts say Covid-19 will always be with us but preventive care will help

BY AL CROSS The coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease will always be with us, and may become ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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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 ... Read more

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Beshear says mask requirement at set infection level is ‘just basic science’

Requiring masks above a certain level of coronavirus infection shouldn’t be difficult “because it’s just basic science,” Gov. ... Read more