Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Most pandemic metrics are favorable, except intensive-care cases
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Wednesday, and vaccinations are on...
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Foundation gives $20,000 to spur vaccination in low-vax counties
State Department for Public Health vaccination-rate map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —- The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has awarded grants totaling $20,000 to increase uptake of the Covid-19 vaccines in counties with the...
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The pandemic map is mainly orange, but has plenty of red counties; kids could start getting Pfizer shots as early as Nov. 3
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge any image, click on it. —– New York Times map shows how state compares. Interactive version here. By Al Cross Kentucky...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus drops below 6%, but Beshear says daily new cases are still too high
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; first-month figures are unreliable due to few tests. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsThe metrics to measure the coronavirus in...
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Since start of pandemic, Kentucky’s case rate is 17% above U.S. average, but state’s Covid-19 death rate appears near average
New York Times map adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with county rates. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had a higher rate of coronavirus cases,...
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Daily vaccinations and new coronavirus cases in Ky. are falling at about the same rate, but jabs outnumber cases by almost 7 to 1
Chart by The Washington Post; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As booster shots of all coronavirus vaccines approved in the U.S. become...
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Pandemic made chronic shortage of nurses in Ky. an acute shortage; now 1/4 of Ky. nurses say they plan to leave their jobs
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– One in four Kentucky nurses say they plan to leave their job in the next three months,...
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Could we eliminate Covid-19? New study says it’s possible, if some portion of the population keeps practicing social distancing
Getty Images via Florida Atlantic University —– Some experts have said Covid-19 will become an endemic disease, like the flu, that may require annual vaccinations. But a study published in the Journal of...
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Most Covid-19 measures in Kentucky continue to trend downward; 53 more Covid-19 deaths reported Thursday
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All of Kentucky’s coronavirus trends continue to be positive, except for deaths,...
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Kentucky’s positive-test rate drops below 7%; Moderna and J&J boosters get FDA approval, now go to CDC for further guidance
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most metrics to measure the coronavirus in Kentucky continue to drop Wednesday, including the percentage of Kentuckians who are testing positive for the coronavirus...