Day: May 4, 2020
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Virus creates perfect storm for those with substance-use disorder, but opens the door to online recovery tools that could persist
Image from Alcohol.org —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Economic struggles and social isolation are well-known triggers for people with substance-use disorders, so the coronavirus pandemic has created a perfect...
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Beshear pleads for testing sign-ups and show-ups; protesting safely; wearing masks; and taking some time off, as he did
Gov. Andy Beshear showed Hardesty Photography‘s view of the Nelson County Courthouse. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance...
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Protesters gather at Capitol; federal prison reports cases; federal appeals court declines to exempt church from ban on gatherings
State Rep. David Hale, R-Wellington, spoke to the rally, (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Ryan Hermens) —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated....
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Governor and health commissioner say they look at data models to guide their decisions, but ‘don’t have something to share’
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,...
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Nursing homes had problems controlling infections before all this
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...