Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Lexington students’ contacts with counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals have quadrupled in pandemic
The pandemic has quadrupled the “contacts between Fayette County students and district counselors, social workers and other mental-health professionals,” reports Valarie Honeycutt Spears of the Lexington Herald-Leader. In the current school year, there...
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Pandemic numbers seem to be nearing peak in Ky., but Beshear advises caution, warning that hospitals could still be overrun
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the daily data signaled that the Omicron surge in coronavirus cases...
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Virus infection rate stalls, but new-case average hits a new high and Covid-19 hospitalizations jump 4% in one day, nearing record
Regions in red are using over 80% of ICU beds. (State table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky...
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7-day average for Covid-19 cases a record; Ky. rate is No. 2 in nation; surge causing more hospitals to limit elective procedures
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Omicron variant of the coronavirus keeps surging in Kentucky, setting a record Tuesday for the highest seven-day rolling average, and the acceleration of...
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Pandemic still set records but may be nearing its crest in Ky.; short-staffed hospitals struggle to keep up; better masks urged
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As hope mounts that the...
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It’s too early for school boards to lift mask mandates, but they need to plan for it, former FDA commissioner Gottlieb says
Ky. Health News map, based on Ky. Dept. for Public Health data Jan. 15-21. Click on it to enlarge. —– Pediatrician Horace Hambrick attended the Jan. 10 meeting of the Scott County...
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Study: Covid-19 shots don’t affect fertility, but the disease might
Vaccines for the coronavirus don’t affect the fertility of men or women, but the virus “could cause short-term fertility problems in men,” Robert Preidt reports for HealthDay News. The study debunks a fear that has...
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Ky. again breaks record for new Covid-19 cases, over 16,000; new studies show robust protection against virus if boosted
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hit another daily record for new coronavirus cases, surging beyond the last record by more than 1,000 cases. It also has a new...
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Senate floor leader, citing governor’s handling of pandemic, says Beshear ‘does not know how to govern’ and ‘hates the legislature’
Sen. Damon Thayer —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear “does not know how to govern,” the majority floor leader of the state Senate said at Kentucky...
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House sends Senate a budget bill with many provisions dealing with health issues, several with less than Beshear proposed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state House of Representatives passed a two-year state budget Thursday that includes a number of provisions for health, including many that were in...