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U.S. Supreme Court, 7-2, allows Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling to apply to religious schools, at least for the time being

Danville Christian Academy was the lead plaintiff. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to reinstate a Kentucky federal judge’s order exempting religious schools...

By Al Cross Published December 18, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

7-day average of new virus cases drops again, but ICUs have more patients than ever, and 23 more are dead from Covid-19

Kentucky Health News graph; new-case numbers are unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases fell for the fifth...

By Al Cross Published December 17, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Plain talk’s understood: ‘Snot and spit … spread infection,’ health chief says as he advises us to ‘hunker down’ during the holidays

White House task force graph shows national numbers; Kentucky’s trends have been similar. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases in Kentucky appear to have plateaued, but infection...

By Al Cross Published December 16, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Public-health officials and workers are ‘a public punching bag’ in a politicized pandemic; 1 in 10 in Ky. have left since it began

Kaiser Health News map; to enlarge, click on it. —– Local public-health officials and workers “have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic...

By Al Cross Published December 16, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Good news: First coronavirus vaccines given in Ky.; plan to re-open schools is announced; state saw a drop in cases last week

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Calling it a “heck of a week,” Gov. Andy Beshear hailed the first coronavirus vaccinations, announced plans to resume in-person schooling and said last...

By Al Cross Published December 15, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, YOUR HEALTH

With first vaccinations expected Monday, but only the beginning of long rollout that will run well into summer, Beshear urges caution

A container with insulated boxes of vaccine is rolled from a plane into UPS Worldport in Louisville. (Photo provided by governor’s office) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the first shipments...

By Al Cross Published December 14, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Ky. pandemic numbers hold mostly steady as vaccine is shipped

New York Times map (colors differ from map used by Ky. Department of Public Health); for county numbers, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in...

By Al Cross Published December 14, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Health officials encourage Kentuckians without symptoms to get coronavirus tests at testing sites, not hospital emergency rooms

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington health officials are imploring Kentuckians without Covid-19 symptoms who want or need to get tested for the coronavirus to go to a testing...

By Al Cross Published December 11, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, YOUR HEALTH

Positive-test rate drops below 9% after falling for eighth straight day; hospital cases decline, but a record number are ventilated

By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsThe percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the novel coronavirus dropped for the eighth consecutive day, to 8.86%, a decline of 1.21 percentage points since...

By Al Cross Published December 11, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Despite most new cases yet, and fuller hospitals, Beshear says pandemic trend remains better as he completes a year in office

Ky. Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the first anniversary of his governorship, which...

By Al Cross Published December 11, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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