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Beshears get new Covid-19 booster shots designed to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus

The governor gets a shot as the first lady watches. (State photo) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy Beshear, got the newly updated bivalent Covid-19 booster vaccine Wednesday...

By Al Cross Published September 15, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY

About 400 people a day still die from Covid-19 in the U.S., but most deaths are preventable by vaccinations and booster shots

Graph from Your Local Epidemiologist —– Covid-19 is still the third leading cause of death in America, killing about 400 people a day, largely the unvaccinated and those 65 and...

By Al Cross Published September 15, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Doctors back booster shots for recent Covid-19 variants, saying vaccines are especially needed now that cooler weather is here

iStock/Getty Images Plus photo illustration via Kaiser Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky experts largely dismissed concerns about speedy approval of the new coronavirus vaccines on...

By Al Cross Published September 14, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Key Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky drop for second week in row, but N.Y. Times ranks state first for new cases in last seven days

New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows coronavirus hot spots. Kentucky ranks first; West Virginia is a close second. For a larger version, click on it; to...

By Al Cross Published September 14, 2022 CORONAVIRUS

UK study to test effectiveness of kiosk with harm-reduction goods as way to increase access and fight the stigma felt by drug users

An example of a harm reduction vending machine in Cincinnati (Photo from Kiosk Marketplace) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News To fight feelings of stigma that discourage intravenous drug...

By Al Cross Published September 12, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, DRUGS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Ky. has 82 syringe exchange programs in 63 counties, the most of any state, but state drug-control official says ‘That’s not enough’

Stars show syringe-exchange sites; colors show district departments; white counties are independent. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky still has more syringe service programs than any other state,...

By Al Cross Published September 12, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED

CDC says 108 counties have elevated Covid-19 risk; Ky.’s new-case rate ranks 2nd; Beshear urges use of new booster vaccine

CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remains on a rough plateau, but it’s a high plateau. Seventy of...

By Al Cross Published September 9, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED

New coronavirus cases in Kentucky keep going up and down; fell 10% last week, with 29% of new cases in people 18 and younger

New York Times map shows Kentucky and Central Appalachia remain hot spots. (Click it to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Last week, most metrics to measure the...

By Al Cross Published September 8, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

CDC risk map shows 93% of Ky. counties with high or medium risk of Covid-19 infection, increased risk in Bowling Green area

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians in general have about the same risk of catching Covid-19 as they did a week...

By Al Cross Published September 6, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

FDA OKs updated Covid-19 booster targeting latest Omicron subvariants; Beshear says it could be available in Ky. next week

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, updated Covid-19 booster shots that target the original strain of the coronavirus and major Omicron subvariants could be available to Kentuckians as...

By Al Cross Published September 2, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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