Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Getty Images —– In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found that when someone coughs outside, “wind flowing in the same direction” can cause Covid-19 to replicate “faster...
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Monday’s coronavirus numbers in Kentucky are all good: Cases...
Anderson County (Wikipedia map) —– Editor’s note: None of the three vaccines approved for use in the U.S. are experimental. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been permanently licensed, and the Moderna vaccine has applied for a...
Dr. Ryan Stanton (Baptist Health photo) —– Health-care workers “are growing weary of Covid-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the Delta-driven surge,” The Associated Press reports after...
Kentucky newspapers continue to report extra efforts to increase coronavirus vaccinations in their communities, with news, opinion and advertising. Some newspapers have created ads with their local health departments. One...
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Vaccinations are up, and new cases and hospitalizations are down, but Kentucky hospitals remain...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 9,000 Kentuckians have now died from Covid-19. “Today . . . marks a difficult day in our fight against Covid,” Gov. Andy...
Kentucky Youth Advocates image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s students are experiencing more anxiety, depression and ideas of suicide in the pandemic, and schools need more resources...
Kentucky Health News graph; daily case numbers are from initial, unadjusted state reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic has been on the decline in Kentucky for...
Kaiser Family Foundation chart; click the image to enlarge it —– A Kaiser Family Foundation poll of Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus since June 1 showed the reasons people who weren’t sure about it...