Category: CORONAVIRUS
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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....
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Youth mental health, which has become more problematic in the pandemic, is being addressed at local, state and national levels
Wilson (Spectrum News image) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At a time when President Biden and the federal government have sounded alarms about an increase in mental-health issues in...
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State as a whole moves out of the ‘red zone” but 51 counties are still in it; infection rate 6th, hospitalization rate 3rd among states
NYT graphs show new-case rates of the top state, Maine; Kentucky (which ranks sixth); and the only bordering state in the top 10, West Virginia (which ranks fifth). Kentucky ranks third...
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State is almost out of the ‘red zone’ but still ranks 6th in nation, and many counties still have high coronavirus infection rates
Ky. Health News graph, from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky remains one of the states most affected by the coronavirus,...