Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Bill to leave children’s Covid-19 vaccination decisions entirely with parents and guardians is approved by a House committee
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers have sent the House a bill to ensure that the state’s children are not required to get a Covid-19 vaccine and that...
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CDC says no Ky. counties at high risk of Covid-19; state planning moves to adapt to May 11 end of federal public-health emergency
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News No Kentucky counties have a high risk of Covid-19, according to this week’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s weekly risk map, and only...
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A study revives debate on masks: Twitter explodes, public is ‘befuddled;’ prevention may depend on how they’re worn
Haven’t the questions about masking been asked and answered? “Or at least that we had all agreed to disagree, but no such luck,” writes Felice J. Freyer of The Boston...
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Coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for four weeks in a row, and Covid-19 hospital numbers in state remain low
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky last week were 9 percent lower than the week before. It is the fourth week in a row that...
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Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness declines rapidly; seniors need to keep up their immunity, and we need a better vaccine
By Kevin Kavanagh for Infection Control Today I am at high risk for severe Covid-19, being 65 years or older, with additional health problems. I received my bivalent booster as...
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Energy Dept. says with ‘low confidence’ Covid-19 likely from lab; FBI confidence ‘moderate;’ intel panel, 4 other agencies disagree
The Department of Energy has concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic “most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key...
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Covid-19 risk remains low in most counties; only four estimated to have high risk; Kentucky’s 7-day infection rate is 16th in the nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s 120 counties continue to have a low risk of coronavirus transmission and only four of them are at high risk, according...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but rate remains tops in nation and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for three weeks in a row, but the state’s new-case rate remains first in the nation, and...
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Even with 76% of Kentucky counties at low risk of coronavirus transmission, state ranks first in nation for new cases in last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three-fourths of Kentucky counties have a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, and only two of the 120 counties are at high risk, according to...
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18,000 Kentuckians have died as a result of Covid-19, state says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky have dropped for two weeks in a row, but deaths from the virus have increased, bringing the...