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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Photo illustration from berries.com Strawberries could help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at Rush University in Chicago. They found that a compound in strawberries, pelargonidin may be associated with less neurofibrillary tau tangles in the brain. “Tau tangles are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, which…

More Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has any counties at a low level, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention risk map. Last week, seven were…

Local emergency management director’s guidance for helping eastern Kentucky flood victims.   by Pat Conley/Citizen staff Lloyde Campbell has learned a lot since being named (by Judge-Executive Mike Williams) emergency manager for all of Bourbon County in 2019. He’s already dealt with a global pandemic, a major winter storm, a conflagration which took most of…

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   The new, easy-to-remember 988 behavioral-health crisis hotline took 220 calls on the first weekend it went live in Kentucky, according to Gov. Andy Beshear, marking a 30% increase over the former 800-272-8255 number, which still works. “Calling or texting this number will connect Kentuckians facing risk of suicide,…

by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News   With 113 of the state’s 120 counties with an elevated risk from coronavirus on the latest weekly risk map Thursday, it’s no wonder that Gov. Andy Beshear sounded the alarm that “Covid is spreading” and strongly urged the state’s seniors to get booster vaccinations. Beshear noted at least…