State Department for Public Health data and table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. Some hospitals have staffing shortages, so not all beds are available. —–...
Mark Slaughter, M.D. (University of Louisville photo) —– The University of Louisville announced Wednesday that UofL Health-Jewish Hospital had implanted a new type of artificial heart in a Southern Indiana man, making it the second...
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky keeps surging faster, so “At this rate we...
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in intensive care set a record...
Health-care worker getting vaccinated. Temple Health photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that all nursing homes who get Medicare and Medicaid payments must...
Letcher County Health Department (Mountain Eagle photo) —– By Sam Adams The Mountain Eagle An unwillingness to raise tax rates, a declining tax base, reduction in federal and state funding, and...
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the surge of Covid-19 cases continues to escalate...
State Dept. for Public Health table from daily report, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge. —– Skyrocketing Covid-19 hospitalizations mean hospitals are running out of beds. That’s hurting not just...
Numbered counties in red: 2, Cumberland; 3, Clinton; 10, Robertson; 13, Menifee. —- A not-for-profit organization headed by former Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was a doctor before he got into...
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported almost 3,000 new cases of...