Author: Al Cross
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Contact tracer at UK describes how the process works
University of Kentucky contact tracers work in the Boone Center, the former faculty club, which has been closed. (UK photo by Pete Camparoni) —– By Lindsey Piercy University of Kentucky It’s...
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Beshear voices worry about increased coronavirus cases in kids; 7-day average of new Ky. cases sets a record; 15 more deaths
New York Times graphic; for a larger, clearer version, click on it. —– By Mary Meehan Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear expressed concern Tuesday at the rising number of...
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Baptist Health completes purchase of E’town hospital, which it has managed for 20+ years; changes name to Baptist Health Hardin
Baptist Health, which has managed Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown for more than 20 years, has completed a long-delayed purchase of the 300-bed facility and given it a new name: Baptist...
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Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are in federal report’s danger zones, reflected in the state’s slowly rising daily virus case count
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger image, click on it. —– By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Fifty-nine of Kentucky’s 120 counties are in danger zones...
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Somerset-area legislators decry Beshear’s restrictions at Chamber meeting with little use of masks or social distancing
L-R: Sen. Rick Gidler, Reps. David Meade and Ken Upchurch, unopposed House nominees Josh Branscum and Shane Baker (Photos by Caleb Lowndes, the Commonwealth Journal) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Sunday’s new-case report gives state largest one-week total; health commissioner again urges safe behavior next weekend
Plantings in the Floral Clock, to the west of the State Capitol and the Capitol Annex (at left) reflect Gov. Andy Beshear’s “Team Kentucky” slogan for fighting the novel coronavirus. (Photo...
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Nursing homes say they need more help from the state; their residents have accounted for 58.6% of covid-19 deaths in Ky.
WKYT-TV image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As they remain the main sites for deadly infections of the novel coronavirus, Kentucky’s nursing homes are asking for more help...
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State records 825 new cases, 4th highest of pandemic; positive-test rate still below 5%; health chief warns about Derby Week
Kentucky Health News chart, based on initial reports of daily case numbers, not later adjustments. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The spread of the coronavirus continued to accelerate...
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State’s positive-test rate stays below 5% for the fourth day this week, while daily new-case numbers remain on a slow uptick
Kentucky School Boards Association map shows compliance with governor’s request. Butler County should be in orange, and in some blue districts, school boards have authorized superintendents to start in-person classes before Sept....
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Virus has spread too much for contact tracing to contain it, but tracing can still help, especially if more people would cooperate
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News In wide swaths of Kentucky, tracing the contacts of people with the coronavirus is no longer preventing its spread, because the spread has become...