Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Ky. has a nursing shortage; SOAR issues a plan to address the issue in the east, where health care is the main employer
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
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New coroanvirus cases went up again last week, after a week of decline; N.Y. Times says state’s infection rate is still 2nd highest
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows state is a national hot spot. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After dropping 7.7%...
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9 counties drop to low risk of Covid-19, but 80 remain at high risk; Kentucky infection rate second highest among the states
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s risk from Covid-19 fell slightly last week, based on the county-by-county risk as estimated by...
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State report shows fewer new cases of coronavirus, but The New York Times ranks Kentucky’s new-case rate first among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After a six-week surge, the daily average...
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UK researchers develop membrane that stops the Covid-19 virus
Dibakar Bhattacharyya and the membrane (UK photo by Ben Corwin) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky A team of researchers led by University of Kentucky College of Engineering Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya and...
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A woman died from Covid-19 because she mistrusted the system and fell victim to one of the shady networks selling quack cures
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...
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Planning an event? Testing people for Covid-19 at the door can reduce spread by 40% over testing three days ahead, study says
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....
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk
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...
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Health insurers offer $20 gift cards for Kentuckians getting first dose or booster of Covid-19 vaccine at schools, health depts.
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...
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All pandemic metrics are up in Kentucky (weekly cases +24%), and as school nears, children account for a larger share of cases
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...