Category: CORONAVIRUS
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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...
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McConnell says more funds to fight the coronavirus should come from money in Democrats’ 2021 relief bill that hasn’t been spent
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that Democrats should be willing to reallocate some unspent money from their previous pandemic relief bill to get more money to fight the coronavirus....
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Ky. is mostly green on CDC map but partly in big cluster where masks still advised; Fauci says mutated virus may cause uptick
CDC map; click on it to enlarge. The state’s version of the map will be posted Friday. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Almost half of Kentucky’s counties are...
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Beshear vetoes resolution that would end state of emergency and apparently reduce $243 monthly SNAP food benefit by $100
Beshear signing veto (Still image from Facebook video) —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed legislation that would end the state’s Covid-19 state...
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Rand Paul’s resolution to end the federal mask mandate in public transit passes Senate, but not by enough to overcome a veto
The federal rule applies to transport hubs and conveyances. (Photo by Brandon Bell, Getty Images) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Senate passed Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul’s...
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Beshear says bill to end state of emergency would cut food benefits, and Covid-19 mitigation funds are needed in budget
Senate President Robert Stivers signs resolution, sending it to the governor, as Douglas watches. (Photo: Douglas’s Twitter) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Much of what could have been Gov....
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As most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to fall, Beshear ‘pauses’ weekly pandemic press conferences for second time
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With almost every metric to...
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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...
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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...
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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...