State public health officials warn cooler weather brings respiratory illnesses, protect with vaccines
Public health officials in Kentucky are warning that cooler weather is on the way, bringing respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, influenza…
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Respiratory illness in state keeps declining but it still elevated; more kids are in hospitals
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While emergency-department visits and hospital admissions related to respiratory illness were again less numerous…
Seasonal respiratory illness in Kentucky has declined but numbers still considered ‘elevated’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Emergency-department visits and hospital admissions for respiratory disease in Kentucky have dropped for three…
Two non-vaccinated children in Kentucky have died from respiratory viruses; more cases reported
State health officials with the Kentucky Department for Public Health announced that two children in Kentucky recently died from respiratory…
Kentucky schools struggling against widespread respiratory illnesses; how to prevent the spread
A “perfect storm” of respiratory illnesses is currently wreaking havoc on Kentucky schools and threatening to overwhelm the pediatric care…