Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Positive-test rate keeps going up, but Beshear says Ky. schools can safely open to in-person learning if they follow guidelines
Kentucky Health News chart, based on state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even with the number of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...
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Legislators file bills to limit Beshear’s powers, citing lack of consultation; one accuses him of falsifying data to scare people
Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield (Legislative file photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – On the first day of the General Assembly session, legislators filed bills to limit...
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Stivers says emergency-power limits won’t be aimed at Beshear, but Osborne says effort will ‘turn political’; governor stoutly objects
Beshear and (clockwise) Osborne, Stivers, McGarvey and Jenkins —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature’s planned changes in the governor’s emergency powers will address “an...
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Plans made to increase pace of vaccinations and who’s next in line to get it; meanwhile, cases and positive-test rates increase
Revised version of chart presented by Gov. Andy Beshear during press conference Monday —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s top doctor announced Monday...
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Pandemic shows the picture of health in America is not so rosy
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
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Highest Sunday yet for virus cases in Ky., and positive-test rate sets another record, but holiday factors could skew numbers
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic numbers continued to worsen Sunday, as the...
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Positive-test rate hits new high, likely due to less testing, state says, but cases also had a spike, and so did Covid-19 deaths
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state reports; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 2 — As the new...
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Why do they require two doses? and other questions about the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines, answered
Observer Research Foundation illustration —– By Baptist Health Blog and Kentucky Health News The Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in the U.S. require two doses to achieve the effectiveness level of 95 percent...
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State’s poor health rankings are a caution flag in pandemic, but virus shouldn’t keep you from making regular visits to doctors
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky A new state-by-state comparison of the nation’s health ranks Kentucky near the bottom in a variety of significant categories....
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Mayfield wastewater testing shows promise for more targeted measures to thwart coronavirus infections, foundation says
A wastewater testing project in Mayfield is helping pinpoint outbreaks of the novel coronavirus even before residents experience symptoms, and thus could allow more narrowly targeted measures to prevent further spread...