UK wants your ticks: dead, dry and properly packaged
Getty Images via UK By Jordan StricklerUniversity of Kentucky The Kentucky Tick Surveillance Project is now accepting tick-testing submissions from Kentucky residents. This project, produced by the University of...
Physician who treats only seniors endorses CDC recommendation that everyone over 65 should get a Covid-19 booster this spring
By Laurie Archbald-PannoneAssociate professor of medicine and geriatrics, University of Virginia In my mind, the spring season will always be associated with Covid-19. In spring 2020, the federal government...
State health chief says measles risk stems from pandemic’s anti-vaccine ‘ideologies’; talks about weight-loss drugs, need for sleep
WKYT news anchor Bill Bryant interviews state Health Commissioner Steven Stack, M.D. By Al CrossKentucky Health News In a wide-ranging TV interview, state Health Commissioner Steven Stack warned Kentuckians...
Emergency-room visits for respiratory illness keep declining, but flu activity remains elevated, and hospital admissions for it are up
State Department for Public Health graphs, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Kentucky’s influenza levels remain elevated and hospitalizations for respiratory illness remain high, even...