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About 16 million Americans have long Covid-19 and four million of them say this has significantly reduced their ability to carry out day-to-day activities, including their jobs, Paul Solman reports...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Kentucky nursing homes’ Covid-19 booster rates are higher than the national rates, many staff and residents remain vulnerable to the disease because over...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Overall, the Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky are good, but the bad news is that people are still dying from it. The latest report from the state...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases rose 46 percent in Kentucky last week, and deaths attributed to Covod-19 also increased. And after the state had a week...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every county in Kentucky has a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, according to the latest weekly analysis of risk based on new cases and...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky rose last week and deaths attributed to Covid-19 went down, but remained above the recent average as Kentuckians continued...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but five of Kentucky’s 120 counties have a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, according to the latest federal risk map. The Centers for Disease...
By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News Last week, new coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped 20 percent from the week before, but deaths from Covid-19 increased again. The state Department for...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but 10 of Kentucky’s 120 counties have a low risk of Covid-19 infection on the latest federal risk map, and Menifee County is...
By Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist Covid-19 is not the common cold. Here’s an effort to keep you up to date on long-Covid developments. What we knew: Long Covid after...