Category: HEALTH POLICY
-
With few 5-to-11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19, public-health workers say kids will have to get sick to motivate parents
By Sarah Baird, The Goldenrod Over the summer — during that fleeting window of time before the Delta variant hit when we believed Covid-19 might be evaporating into a gauzy nightmare...
-
Trump promotes coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, still opposes Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandates
Kentucky Health NewsFormer President Trump is promoting coronavirus vaccines, saying he has received a booster shot, but still opposes vaccine-or-test mandates like those President Biden is still trying to get...
-
At-home pill for Covid-19 is approved but supply is limited; Ky.’s positive-test rate nears 10%; case rate stable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news about the pandemic Wednesday was that the first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 was granted emergency-use authorization. The bad news was...
-
Why it’s important for children to be up to date on vaccinations
By the Kentucky Department for Public Health Immunization is one of the greatest public-health achievements, preventing tens of thousands of deaths, millions of cases of disease, and saving billions of dollars...
-
Biden to get free, at-home Covid-19 test to Americans in January; metrics in Ky. are high but mostly stable; positive-test rate is up
A rapid test kit for the coronavirus —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health officials predict a “national surge” in Omicron cases, President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced...
-
As highly contagious Omicron variant becomes dominant in U.S., Beshear says Ky. cases will rise and he will watch hospitalizations
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Cases of the coronavirus cases and the share of...
-
Flu cases in Ky. more than double in a week; health officials encourage everyone 6 months and older to get a flu vaccine
Dept. for Public Health map shows flu cases by county; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As influenza cases in Kentucky more than...
-
Nations with mask policies had fewer Covid-19 deaths early on
Photo by David J. Phillip, Associated Press —– Mask policies in various countries have been shown to reduce deaths from Covid-19, regardless of the role of vaccines. A study published in the American...
-
Omicron variant, one of most contagious ever, seen in 4 counties; Beshear urges vaccines, boosters, masking, caution for holidays
Reuters graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant has been identified in Kenton, Campbell, Fayette and Jefferson counties, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to...
-
Ky. coronavirus cases trickle down as positive-test rate inches up; Beshear reports state’s first case from Omicron variant
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– UPDATE: The first case of the coronavirus from the highly contagious Omicron variant has...