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Coronavirus positive-test rate in Ky. went up again, but more slowly, as cases, deaths and hospitalizations dropped last week

State Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three key metrics of the coronavirus in Kentucky dropped...

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

Covid-19 risk levels are high in 4 Ky. counties; medium in 21; officials discount transmission rates, high in many counties

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has 25 Kentucky counties with elevated Covid-19 risk. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four Kentucky counties are red on the latest Centers for...

By Al Cross Published May 27, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Study says one in five adult Covid-19 survivors in the U.S. may develop ‘long Covid;’ for those over 65, it’s one in four

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in five adult Americans who have recovered from a Covid-19 infection have...

By Al Cross Published May 27, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Kentucky’s coronavirus surge continued last week, but at a slower rate; vaccine for young children is being lined up for approval

Kentucky Health News graph, from Kentucky Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s surge in coronavirus cases continued last week, at a slightly slower...

By Al Cross Published May 24, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Covid-19 cases in Kentucky are on the rise, but cases are less severe; booster shots approved for children aged 5 to 11

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus went up again this week, Gov. Andy Beshear stressed that his...

By Al Cross Published May 20, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says McCracken Co. has high level of virus transmission; most West Ky. counties, 33 total in state, have medium levels

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows 34 counties with elevated risk of Covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News McCracken County and its seat of Paducah are red...

By Al Cross Published May 20, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

New Ky. cases up 63%, hospitalizations up 42% as experts warn new variants threaten the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated

State Department for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 report largely mimics what is going...

By Al Cross Published May 18, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Legislature funds health insurance for Kentuckians who make too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to buy private coverage

Kaiser Health News graphic —– Kentucky Health News Kentucky is taking advantage of a little-used provision of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to create a health-insurance plan...

By Al Cross Published May 16, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says 12 Kentucky counties have medium levels of coronavirus as cases and positivity-rates creep up across state

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Twelve Kentucky counties, most of them in Eastern Kentucky, are in yellow, indicating a medium level...

By Al Cross Published May 13, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Coronavirus positive-test rate and new cases, and Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths, are all rising again in Kentucky

Kentucky Health News graph, from weekly state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As in most other states, the metrics used to measure Covid-19 in Kentucky have ticked...

By Al Cross Published May 10, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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