Day: July 27, 2020
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Data and health directors’ observations suggest that pandemic lockdown increased overdoses, which declined as state reopened
Graph from Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Kentucky —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Apparent overdoses reported by Kentucky hospitals and ambulance services shot up in the...
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Beshear promises ‘additional steps’ on virus; White House task force says to close bars and decrease restaurant capacity
Dr. Deborah Birx at the old governor’s mansion —– Story and photos by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After meeting in Kentucky with the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus...
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Pandemic depresses vaccination rates; doctors and insurer say parents should feel safe taking children for health-care providers
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Not as many Kentucky children are getting critical vaccinations as they did previous years, tracking a nationwide trend of parents staying away from health-care...
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Coronavirus cases surge again, pushing Kentucky into ‘red zone’ of White House task force that calls for more restrictions
Measures that state officials and health experts recommend to fight the coronavirus —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases in Kentucky surged into a...
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As case numbers hit a near-record and positive-test rate surges, Beshear asks churches to drop in-person services and says he will limit some business activity Monday if the surges don’t abate
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News After reporting Kentucky’s second highest daily number of new coronavirus cases and a surging positive-test rate, Gov. Andy Beshear asked churches...