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‘Youth Mental Health: A KET Forum’, about youth suicide and ways to help, to be repeated and online
One out of seven Kentucky high school students report having seriously considered taking their own life, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for teens and young adults in Kentucky. Kentucky Educational Television is airing a forum that examines teen and young-adult suicide in the state and how to prevent it. “Youth Mental Health:…
Read MoreFDA OKs updated Covid-19 booster targeting latest Omicron subvariants
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, updated Covid-19 booster shots that target the original strain of the coronavirus and major Omicron subvariants is now available The Food and Drug Administration authorized the updated booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech on Wednesday, Aug. 31. They are called bivalent Covid-19 vaccines because they have two…
Read MoreKy. has had 18 monkeypox cases: 10 in Jefferson, 2 in Warren, 1 in Barren, Fayette, Kenton, McCracken, Montgomery counties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the number of American with monkeypox increases every day, so far only 18 of them have been reported in Kentucky. Monkeypox was declared a public health emergency in the U.S. on Aug. 4. On Aug. 18, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 18 cases of monkeypox in Kentucky, among…
Read MoreTonight, 16 new members headed to the Greyhound Athletic Hall of Fame
Former Paris football coach David Buchanan will be the guest speaker for this evening’s festivities PRESS RELEASE I For The Citizen PARIS, KY – David Buchanan could simply be introduced as a “Football Guy”, but that would not do him justice. One will quickly notice this by reading his mission statement, “…to pursue…
Read MoreFlooding devastated many health clinics in Eastern Kentucky
The flooding in Eastern Kentucky has disrupted much of life, and health care is no exception. “The floods dealt a devastating blow to the ‘safety net’ system of federally-designated community health clinics throughout Eastern Kentucky which focus on medically underserved areas and low-income patients,” reports Deborah Yetter of The Courier Journal. “In addition to primary…
Read MoreCOVID-19: Kentucky infection rate second highest among the states
9 counties drop to low risk of Covid-19, but 80 remain at high risk; Kentucky infection rate second highest among the states CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s risk from Covid-19 fell slightly last week, based on the county-by-county risk as estimated by the Centers for…
Read MoreWest Nile virus popping up again in Kentucky
By TOM LATEK, Kentucky Today Aug 5, 2022 Updated 23 hrs ago FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – West Nile virus has started appearing in Kentucky once again this year, and although there are no vaccines to prevent it nor medications to treat it, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are steps you…
Read MoreKentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: Burying the dead
Angel Campbell should have been looking through photo albums and eating soup beans in her grandmother’s living room this week By LEAH WILLINGHAM and BRYNN ANDERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS Aug 5, 2022 Updated Aug 5, 2022 CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) — Angel Campbell should have been sitting in her usual chair in her grandmother’s living room this…
Read MoreA Love Story….
A BOOK BY A LOCAL WRITER, “A LOVE STORY” TO BE RELEASED IN PARIS The book, A Love Story, is being released in Paris with a book signing scheduled at Frames on Main, 6:30 Main St., Paris, August 13, from 11-3. Written by Paul A Gibson Sr., staff writer for the Bourbon County. Citizen, the…
Read MoreMore rain, more bodies in flooded Kentucky mountain towns
Another round of rainstorms are hitting flooded Kentucky mountain communities By REBECCA REYNOLDS – Associated Press Aug 2, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Another round of rainstorms hit flooded Kentucky mountain communities Monday as more bodies emerged from the sodden landscape, and the governor warned that high winds could bring another threat — falling trees…
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