Day: December 11, 2020
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Health officials encourage Kentuckians without symptoms to get coronavirus tests at testing sites, not hospital emergency rooms
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington health officials are imploring Kentuckians without Covid-19 symptoms who want or need to get tested for the coronavirus to go to a testing...
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Positive-test rate drops below 9% after falling for eighth straight day; hospital cases decline, but a record number are ventilated
By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsThe percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the novel coronavirus dropped for the eighth consecutive day, to 8.86%, a decline of 1.21 percentage points since...
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Despite most new cases yet, and fuller hospitals, Beshear says pandemic trend remains better as he completes a year in office
Ky. Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the first anniversary of his governorship, which...
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McConnell torpedoes emerging bipartisan deal for pandemic relief, leaving Congress where it’s been for months: stuck
McConnell on Dec. 8 (Pool photo by Greg Nash via AP) —– “An emerging $900 billion Covid-19 aid package from a bipartisan group of lawmakers all but collapsed Thursday after Senate...
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Health foundation names Melissa Patrick, Kentucky Health News reporter, one of several Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions
Melissa Patrick —– Melissa Patrick, the only staff reporter for Kentucky Health News, is one of several Kentuckians named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion this month by the Foundation for a...