Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Graphs from the rt.live website show the likeliest transmission rate of the coronavirus, within estimated ranges. A rate of 1 is an estimate that one infected person will infect one other person,...
Jackson Manor, one of Signature HealthCare’s 42 facilities in the state, had a major outbreak. —– “Many Kentucky nursing homes failed at infection prevention and control even before the novel coronavirus...
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov. Restaurants are unhappy with Gov. Andy Beshear, and he is...
State’s “epidemic curve” notes, and Kentucky Health News arrow emphasizes, that coronavirus cases with first symptoms in the last two weeks may not appear. The later the date, the more...
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov. By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov....
Beshear showed photos of Lillian and Leonard Press; she died of covid-19 complications Sunday. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated....
Gov. Andy Beshear held up a mask at his Sunday briefing. (Photo by Ryan Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be...
By Ellen Hahn and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli Professor & director, and associate professor, BREATHE, University of Kentucky The novel coronavirus attacks our airways, making it difficult to breathe. It is particularly important to take...
A message from “This is Quitting” —– Adolescents and teenagers are spending much more time at home while schools are closed, so this seems like a good time for parents...
Forty-six rural hospitals in Kentucky will share almost $3.9 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Center of Excellence...