Month: November 2020
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Federal appeals panel says Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling can apply to religious schools; positive-test rate jumps to 9.24%
Part of a slide published by Gov. Andy Beshear in response to federal appeals court’s ruling —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling...
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Kentucky doubled its number of covid-19 patients on ventilators in the past month; total cases in intensive care resume uptick
Graph by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More covid-19 patients than ever are on ventilators in Kentucky hospitals, the number having doubled in the last...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky are predicted to keep increasing; much depends on how people handled Thanksgiving
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News, shows predictions of various forecasters for new covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky for the next four weeks, in ranges...
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Thanksgiving had most new coronavirus cases in a day (3,870), 2nd highest number of confirmed covid-19 deaths (32), state says
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Thanksgiving saw Kentucky’s highest number of new...
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Citing his near-death experience, Pope Francis asks you to be touched by others’ pain, so we can all gain from the pandemic
By Pope Francis In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with...
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Kentucky newspapers offer editorial comment on acceleration of the pandemic and the governor’s response to it
Kentucky’s recent surge in coronavirus cases and covid-19 hospitalizations, and the governor’s latest emergency orders in response, has prompted editorial commentary from several newspapers. “November feels eerily similar to April and...
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Judge blocks Beshear’s ban on in-person religious schooling as the U.S. Supreme Court shifts the same way on a similar issue
Judge Greg Van Tatenhove —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday night that allows religious schools in Kentucky to continue in-person instruction, contrary...
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Hospitalization figures again set new records, but poll suggests Kentuckians are less likely to give thanks outside their households
Polling for The New York Times showed Kentuckians are less likely than people in neighboring states to have Thanksgiving dinner outside their household. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The covid-19...
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Kentucky is still in the most dangerous zone for virus cases and positive tests; White House calls for ‘significant behavior change’
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the second week in a row, Kentucky is in...
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Hospitalizations up 5% in one day; health-department workers are afraid to enforce orders because of threats, abuse, Beshear says
Beshear showed a video of nurse practitioner Katie Rogers asking Kentuckians to take care at Thanksgiving in order to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health...