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UK HealthCare to Offer 3rd-Dose Booster Vaccine to Immunocompromised Individuals

Aug 20, 2021, 8:20 AM

Immunocompromised individuals who have previously received two doses of either the Pfizer or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are eligible to request a third dose.

UK Selected as Site for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Study

Aug 11, 2021, 11:14 AM

The University of Kentucky has been selected as a site for a trial to assess dose levels of a Johnson & Johnson booster shot.

UK Alumnus on COVID-19 Frontlines in Liberia

Aug 6, 2021, 7:13 AM

University of Kentucky alumnus Mosoka Fallah, Ph.D., is on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Liberia.

Appalachian Community Health Days to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts in 32-County Region

Aug 3, 2021, 4:27 PM

The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) and a network of community partners are joining forces to intensify efforts to increase vaccination rates in a 32-county region of Appalachia Kentucky and neighboring counties in West Virginia.

University Press of Kentucky Publishes Updated Edition of ‘Contemporary Public Health,’ Featuring COVID-19 and Opioid Epidemic Additions

Jul 29, 2021, 8:07 AM

The book is edited by UK faculty members Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr. and Dr. F. Douglas Scutchfield.

UK College of Education's 'What School Could Be Academy' Helps Schools Leverage Pandemic Changes

Jul 28, 2021, 7:15 AM

A University of Kentucky team is linking with a nationally-known education innovator to move beyond what school was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

UK Study Reveals Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

Jul 28, 2021, 7:08 AM

A new study led by UK virologist and College of Medicine Vice Dean for Research Becky Dutch reveals foundational characteristics of SARS-CoV-2's spike protein.

'Behind the Blue': COVID-19 Update With Rebecca Dutch

Jul 26, 2021, 8:06 AM

On this episode of "Behind the Blue," Rebecca Dutch from University of Kentucky’s Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry joins UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications' Kody Kiser and UK Chief Communications Officer Jay Blanton to share her thoughts on a wide range of pandemic topics.

UK Study to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Communities

Jul 26, 2021, 7:39 AM

The project, funded by UK’s UNITE Research Priority Area, will enhance understanding of COVID-19 vaccine skepticism among populations historically less likely to become vaccinated.

UK Experts Tackle Delta Variant Questions

Jul 19, 2021, 7:04 AM

As the COVID delta variant continues to spread across the United States, questions remain around both vaccine effectiveness and vaccination rates, and what these numbers could mean moving into the fall.

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