Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Newly dominant variant more likely to evade Covid-19 antibodies, but so far not seen as more likely to cause serious disease
With a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus now dominant in the U.S., vaccinated people may be more likely to develop Covid-19 but still be well protected from serious disease,...
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CDC’s Kentucky risk map looks about the same as last week, but Beshear says ‘Covid is definitely increasing’ and counsels caution
By Al CrossKentucky Health News The latest Centers for Disease Control map of Covid-19 risks in Kentucky is about the same as last week’s, but “Covid is definitely increasing,” Gov....
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky jumped 40% last week; state’s increase over last two weeks ranks second among states
New York Times graphs, from state data, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click image to enlarge By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 40 percent more new coroinavirus cases...
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Risk of Covid-19 increased last week in Ky.; booster vax rate low; exercise can thwart severe cases; dogs can detect the infection
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal Covid-19 risk map showed more Kentucky counties at medium and high risk of transmission than last week, and the number of counties...
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Ky. Covid-19 cases up 22% last week; flu kills 31 more, including several children; docs worry about diseases’ effects on weakened seniors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases in Kentucky rose 22 percent last week and influenza killed 31 more Kentuckians, including three more children, physicians encouraged Kentuckians to...
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Rep. Guthrie, in line to head health panel, says priorities include Medicare oversight, Covid-19 origins and price transparency
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green discussed several health issues that Republicans will focus on when they take over the House during an interview with Caitlin Owens of Axios,...
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Ky. respiratory roundup: Hospitals filling; Covid-19 map greener; Beshear calls Fla. governor’s request for vaccine grand jury ‘silly’
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal risk map for Covid-19 in Kentucky got greener in the last week, but some Kentucky hospitals are filling up...
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58% of Kentucky adults say the pandemic is over for them, and resistance among the unvaccinated to getting a shot is increasing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four in seven Kentucky adults (57%) think the pandemic is over in the state and more than 80% say concerns about Covid-19 will not...
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New cases of the flu outnumber new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, but deaths from Covid-19 went back up last week
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Newly confirmed cases of influenza are outpacing new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, and the state is among the national...
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Beshear says health decisions based on Kentuckians’ needs, not politics; wishes he could have been more persuasive on vaccines
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...