University of Louisville study with examine the health effects of flavored e-cigarette, vape products

By Tom Latek Kentucky Today The University of Louisville has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to study the effects of flavorings like mango and bubblegum used in vapes and electronic cigarettes. Researchers at UofL’s Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, which recently opened…

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Beshear announces funding for high-speed internet expansion across Kentucky

By Shelby Lofton LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – Broadband internet access is expanding across the commonwealth. Monday, Governor Andy Beshear announced more than $89 million in grant funding to bring high-speed internet access to unserved communities: Governor Beshear promises this project will help bridge Kentucky’s digital divide. The governor said 46 grants were awarded to 12 internet…

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Booster needed to protect against Omicron; infection may provide immunity, but docs say booster is better

If you haven’t gotten a booster shot following your “full vaccination” with the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against COVID-19, you probably are not protected against getting sick from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, says a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that “Two shots of COVID-19 vaccine without an additional…

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