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Flu activity is now widespread in Kentucky, WKYT-TV reports.
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- Flu Makes Uk Healthcare Tighten Visitation Rules
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- No Way To Know How Serious Flu Season Will Be This Year; Get Your Vaccine, Which Will Be Available Soon, Officials Say
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- State Health Commissioner Encourages Smoke-free Ordinances
Kentucky's public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. "We have communities in Letcher County, as well as areas in far Eastern Kentucky,...
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Flu is now widespread in Kentucky
Flu activity is now widespread in Kentucky, WKYT-TV reports.
"It has just reached the category of widespread," Kentucky Health Commissioner Dr. William Hacker told the Lexington station. "It can be a problem until April or May. So I still recommend a flu vaccine for those who have not had one." (Read more)
- Kentucky Has Recorded 26 Flu-related Deaths, Mostly Seniors, And 64 Outbreaks At Long-term-care Facilities; Get Vaccinated!
Kentucky has reported 26 influenza-related deaths and 64 flu outbreaks in long-term care facilities as of Jan. 8 after five consecutive weeks of widespread flu activity, and is only halfway through the flu season, which runs from October through May,...
- Flu Makes Uk Healthcare Tighten Visitation Rules
UK HealthCare has temporarily changed its visitation policy to help protect its patients and health care workers during the flu season, the University of Kentucky said in a news release. The measures include: No visitors under the age of...
- Kentucky's Week-long Brand Of Flu Now Called 'widespread'
What started out early is now full-blown. The Kentucky Department for Public Health informed federal health authorities this week that data it has received from local health departments, hospitals, clinics and private doctors indicates that flu is now...
- No Way To Know How Serious Flu Season Will Be This Year; Get Your Vaccine, Which Will Be Available Soon, Officials Say
There is no way of predicting how far-reaching the flu will be this season, but this year's vaccine should be available soon, officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health said today. "As soon as you get the immunizations you can start...
- State Health Commissioner Encourages Smoke-free Ordinances
Kentucky's public health commissioner said communities are moving in the right direction by enacting smoke-free ordinances and hopes Kentucky can become a smoke-free state. "We have communities in Letcher County, as well as areas in far Eastern Kentucky,...