Category: CORONAVIRUS
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Every metric used to measure Covid-19 in Ky. went up last week; weekly report shows big jumps in youth cases, ICU patients
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All the metrics to measure the impact of the coronavirus in...
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Fauci is leaving, but Comer and Paul say they’re coming after him
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul at July 2021 hearing —– Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he will retire from the federal government at year’s end prompted two members...
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Covid-19 risk in Kentucky remains about same as a week ago, and the 7-day new-case rate is second highest among the states
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The risk of catching Covid-19 in Kentucky last week was about the same as the week...