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Most in nationwide poll say they have contracted the coronavirus, but concern about serious Covid-19 illness in their family declines

Most Americans say they have contracted the coronavirus, and the infected are more likely to be Republicans, says a new poll by Monmouth University in New Jersey. “This appears to be the first poll to show...

By Al Cross Published March 30, 2022 CORONAVIRUS

House-passed bill to expand individuals’ vaccine privacy rights fails to make it out of Senate committee as session nears end

Rep. Savannah Maddox —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A House-passed bill to keep state and local governments from asking employees and applicants if they have received a Covid-19...

By Al Cross Published March 30, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Pandemic numbers nearing levels seen before Omicron variant hit

Kentucky Health News graph from weekly state reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky has declined to levels not seen since early last summer, when...

By Al Cross Published March 30, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

CDC rates fewer Ky. counties at high risk from virus, but levels in some have increased and state’s risk level is still relatively high

State version of CDC map, with additional label by Kentucky Health News —– Kentucky as a whole is at lower risk from the coronavirus than it was a week ago,...

By Al Cross Published March 29, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Legislature moving bills to address health-care worker shortage

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the final days of the 2022 legislative session, three bills to address Kentucky’s healthcare workforce...

By Al Cross Published March 28, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Even a mild case of Covid-19 can cause long-term brain damage

Illustration from JAMA Network —– Brain changes could be a lingering outcome of even mild Covid-19 cases. Researchers at Oxford University in England reported that several months after study participants had Covid-19, they...

By Al Cross Published March 28, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear says Omicron BA.2 subvariant circulating in Kentucky; public-health advice is the same: get vaccinated and boosted

Illustration by the University of California at Los Angeles —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the pandemic continues to wane in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear cautioned Thursday that the...

By Al Cross Published March 25, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Almost six months after going into hospital with Covid-19, and a double-lung transplant as a last resort, patient is heading home

Staff members congratulate Victor Gonzales-Villatoro on his discharge at UK. (Photo by Hilary Brown) —– By Hilary Brown University of Kentucky Staff at UK HealthCare gathered Wednesday to celebrate the discharge of patient...

By Al Cross Published March 24, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED

Republicans end state of emergency by overriding veto, say Beshear can get one more month of extra food benefits from feds

State Sen. Donald Douglas —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s overwhelmingly Republican legislature has overridden Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a resolution ending the Covid-19 state of...

By Al Cross Published March 22, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Most of Kentucky’s coronavirus measures continue to fall, but Covid-19 death reports continue to average about 40 per day

Kentucky Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 40 Kentuckians per day were recorded as...

By Al Cross Published March 22, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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