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White House task force urges testing of people without symptoms; Beshear says he will just keep encouraging them to do that

White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s White House Coronavirus Task Force report again used strong language...

By Al Cross Published December 9, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

New virus cases keep slacking, but intensive-care units in three hospital regions are in ‘a very precarious situation,’ Beshear says

Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As new cases of the novel coronavirus kept declining, Gov. Andy Beshear assured...

By Al Cross Published December 9, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

‘The balancing of individual liberty and public health may now be the most contentious issue in American life,’ doctor writes

In 1905, Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan, a Kentucky Republican, wrote a landmark decision affirming 11 states’ authority to require vaccinations. Kentucky has such a law, but no Kentucky...

By Al Cross Published December 9, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, OPINION, YOUR HEALTH

Coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective, after fast but careful development, says dean of UK’s College of Public Health

By Donna K. Arnett Dean, University of Kentucky College of Public Health Nearly nine months since the word “coronavirus” entered our daily vocabulary, hope may be on the horizon in the...

By Al Cross Published December 8, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, OPINION, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear says numbers show restrictions work, but awaits effect of Thanksgiving; defends ban on in-person schooling with examples

Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing that last week set a...

By Al Cross Published December 8, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Kentucky’s contact-tracing program lacks specific data sought by Beshear’s critics; he says its main purpose is to prevent disease

Terrie Burgan traces contacts for the Lincoln Trail District Health Department. (Photo by Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal) —– When Gov. Andy Beshear shut down indoor dining in restaurants and bars to...

By Al Cross Published December 8, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Sunday’s pandemic data suggest latest surge is slowing in Ky.; half of state’s 200,000 total cases came in last month and a half

Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports of new cases —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Nine months to the day after Kentucky found its first...

By Al Cross Published December 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Tips to avoid being scammed as coronavirus vaccine nears

Image from WHSV-TV —– As several coronavirus vaccines move toward approval, not only is the general public anxious for them to be widely distributed in hopes of getting back to...

By Al Cross Published December 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

OPINION: Government needs to engage with religious communities, not fight with them, retired Somerset physician says

Kevin Kavanagh, M.D —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh The news media has extensively reported the federal courts’ reversal of government’s attempt to mandate the closing of church services and schools...

By Al Cross Published December 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, OPINION, YOUR HEALTH

Ex-CDC chief: Vaccines amaze, but we’re not out of the woods; questions and a cruel winter remain, so caution is still needed

Dr. Thomas Frieden —– This is excerpted from The Wall Street Journal. The full version is here. By Dr. Tom Frieden Vaccines that have been developed with amazing speed now offer us...

By Al Cross Published December 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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