Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Armistice Day celebrations of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public-health experts as people crowded together in cities across the United States. (Photo by The Associated Press)...
Screenshot of Washington Post interactive map; click it to enlarge. Click here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two pairs of very different Kentucky counties – Pike, Woodford, Perry and...
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two key measures of the pandemic took...
State table, adapted by Ky. Health News, lists deaths from audit added on Friday. —– Kentucky missed more than 700 Covid-19 deaths from October to January for the same reason...
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted case numbers announced daily —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As national numbers suggested the pandemic is expanding again, Kentucky’s numbers...
Kaiser Family Foundation graphs; for a larger version of any image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy...
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every measure of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Friday, except death, and even that...
To overcome hesitancy or resistance to vaccination against the novel coronavirus, four Kentucky health groups have started a campaign of public-service announcements online and in print. “Take It From Me”...