Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
The pills that Stephanie received in the mail were labeled hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. (Photo by Meredith Rizzo, NPR) —– NPR tells the cautionary story of a woman who got Covid-19 and died from...
Organizers of events can nearly cut in half the risk of their guests transmitting Covid-19 by testing them at the door, according to a new study by Yale School of Public Health epidemiologists....
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has...
Photo illustration from KAHP —– The trade group for commercial insurers and Medicaid managers in Kentucky is offering $20 gift cards at school and health-department vaccination events for people getting...
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All measures of Covid-19 in Kentucky kept rising last...
Covid-19 vaccine administration in Kentucky as of July 22; graphs from the Kentucky Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eight Kentucky health departments are participating in...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows risk levels. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 113 of the state’s 120 counties with an elevated risk from coronavirus...
Getty Images photo via Kaiser Health News —– By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Kaiser Health News Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at first. With her...
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s weekly pandemic report...
President Biden and other top Democrats mingle among a largely unmasked crowd at the Congressional Picnic at the White House on Tuesday. (Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla) —– By Myah Ward...