Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Covid-19 is killing 40 Kentuckians a day; 453 are on ventilators; state’s seven-day infection rate still ranks third in the nation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky inched down Wednesday, except the most serious: deaths and Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilation. The state reported...
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Just 20% of Ky. adults say a health-care provider has contacted them about a Covid-19 shot; only 14% say their health insurer has
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Only one in five Kentuckians say they have been contacted by a health professional about getting a Covid-19 vaccine, and just...
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Some pandemic metrics inch down in Ky.; hospital numbers up
Ky. Health News graph; new daily cases are initial, unadjusted numbers; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state reported 3,391 new coronavirus cases...
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Poll and falling vaccination rates spark concern that Covid-19 conflicts make Kentuckians skeptical of long-accepted vaccines
Poll found that 27.3% of Kentucky adults said not all CDC-recommended vaccines are beneficial. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The first day of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s...
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Beshear says he’s glad to see so many districts masking up, but predicts some will abandon mandates when county goes orange
Ky. Dept. for Public Health base map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear, who was skeptical...
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Only 54% of state Corrections staff vaccinated against Covid-19, but state wary of mandate for fear of losing employees
The state is relying on testing, not a vaccine mandate, as it tries to walk the narrow path between thwarting Covid-19 outbreaks in prisons and keeping enough employees to run...
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‘Kentuckians not coming together to fight this virus with all their might is . . . making a pact with the devil,’ retired doctor writes
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh I must say I have lost all patience and have just had enough. Never in the history of the United States has the...
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Kentucky hospitals report record number of Covid-19 patients on mechanical ventilation; most schools will keep masks
Since this map was published, Gallatin County has imposed a two-week mask mandate. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state reported 5,133 new cases of the coronavirus Friday,...
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Wrestlers promote coronavirus vaccine in Clay County
Tyler Matrix and Shane Mathews in an Ohio Valley Wrestling match in 2016 (Courier Journal photo by Pat McDonogh) —– “Pro wrestlers are going to the mat to try to boost Covid-19 vaccinations...
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Beshear says school officials who don’t require masks are making ‘an inexcusable decision’ and making themselves liable; health commissioner says misinformation spreaders ‘are killing people’
Kentucky Department for Public Health chart —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Top state officials’ pleas to get a Covid-19 vaccine, and for universal masking in schools, were as urgent as...