Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials from Kentucky counties with some of the state’s highest and lowest Covid-19 death rates both cited vaccination rates as a contributor, but...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has lost more than 17,000 people to Covid-19, which has killed more Kentuckians than World War I, World War II and the Vietnam...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The risk of Covid-19 transmission increased just a bit in Kentucky last week, with the latest federal risk map showing 30 counties at either...
By Céline Gounder Kaiser Health News Last year, the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus caught many people by surprise and led to a surge...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Covid-19 booster rates lag in both nursing-home residents and staff, but especially among the staff. A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis found that while over 85% of...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest federal risk map says most of Kentucky has a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, with only only eight counties at high risk...
A new study shows that smoking increases the risk of viral infections and respiratory illnesses, including one type of the coronavirus, this supporting efforts to curb tobacco use as a...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties at high risk of Covid-19 was cut in half last week, with only two counties moving into a higher...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every metric of the pandemic in Kentucky fell last week, but while the number of new coronavirus cases was dropping, the number of those...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Working to get ahead of what is expected to be a severe flu and Covid-19 season, the state has started a campaign to encourage Kentuckians...