Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three Western Kentucky counties are yellow on the national Covid-19 risk map, for counties with a...
State chart, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state heads into Kentucky Derby weekend, Gov. Andy Beshear said all the metrics to...
Map by The Washington Post; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the national Covid-19 risk map shows low risk of community transmission...