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Number of Ky. counties where masks are advised is down to 32

Ky. Dept. for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Only 32 Kentucky counties have such a high risk of coronavirus infection and hospitalization that residents should...

By Al Cross Published March 14, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Senate passes its version of state budget with many health items; $100 million would ‘support a response to the nursing shortage’

Photo from American Nurses Association —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Senate passed its version of a two-year state budget by a 30-6 vote Wednesday, the same...

By Al Cross Published March 11, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

House sends Senate bill for opt-out from mask mandates, testing and vaccines, ban of mandates in public colleges and universities

Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to allow parents and guardians to opt their children out of mask mandates in public schools, and ban...

By Al Cross Published March 9, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky continue to decline, but deaths from the disease remain high and vaccination rates are still low

Daily state Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. For the latest weekly map showing risk of hospitalization, suggesting masking practices, click here....

By Al Cross Published March 8, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

On second anniversary of the start of the pandemic, governor and first lady seek stories of loss and sacrifice

Britainy and Andy Beshear (Image from Facebook) —– Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife marked the second anniversary of Kentucky’s first Covid-19 case with a Facebook post that invited Kentuckians to share their...

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Tornadoes caused unseen damage to residents’ mental health; in such cases, ramifications are often delayed, but help is available

To download a full-size version of the graphic, right-click on it. —– Two years ago today, “Kentucky reported its first case of Covid-19,” notes Deborah Yetter of the Louisville Courier Journal....

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Most counties are still at high risk for coronavirus infections, but new CDC map is a lot more yellow, and even has some green

State Department for Public Health version of CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky counties are still in the high-risk category that calls...

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Rural vaccination rates lag in Ky. and rest of U.S., but difference in rural and urban rates in Ky. isn’t as big as national gap

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Getting vaccinated for Covid-19 is less popular in Kentucky, and in rural America, than in the rest of the country. But rural Kentuckians do...

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Most coronavirus metrics keep falling; Beshear says the main lesson of the pandemic is ‘We all count, every single one of us’

Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic continued receding in Kentucky...

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

McConnell, long a vaccine advocate, objects to Biden’s mandate for health-care workers, saying it threatens Ky. rural hospitals

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been perhaps the most outspoken Republican leader in favor of vaccination against the coronavirus, but Thursday he objected to President Biden’s vaccination mandate for...

By Al Cross Published March 7, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

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