Showing posts with label contagious diseases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contagious diseases. Show all posts

Fear of Ebola is causing people all over the country to act on unfounded fears, and Kentucky is no exception

thumbnail By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Fearing the Ebola virus, administrators at St. Margaret Mary Catholic School in Louisville put Susa...

Americans do need to worry about Ebola: not about daily risk, but about the future if it is not contained, expert says

thumbnail The Ebola virus isn't a risk to Americans now, but will be "down the road" if the epidemic is not contained, says a crisis com...

How contagious is ebola? Not very, experts say

thumbnail This story was updated Monday, Oct. 13 Several days ago, Thomas Eric Duncan died from ebola after arriving in Dallas from Liberia. He didn...

Chickenpox outbreak reported at Crab Orchard

thumbnail Five students at Crab Orchard Elementary School in Lincoln County have been diagnosed with chickenpox, putting the county school system on a...

'Superbug' considered the worst one yet is still not widespread in Kentucky hospitals, but officials predict it is coming

thumbnail A new deadly superbug that is almost totally resistant to antibiotics and kills about half who get bloodstream infections has found its way ...