Day: February 4, 2021
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Coronavirus metrics largely stable, but deaths still high; health commissioner warns Super Bowl gatherings can spread virus
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As most of the metrics used to measure the...
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Judge issues order blocking 1 of 3 new laws limiting governor’s powers, calling it ‘a clear and present danger to public health’
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A Frankfort judge has blocked the effects of one of the three laws that the state legislature passed, over Gov....
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As virus mutations pop up around the world, there may be a silver lining: a single vaccine or booster shot may thwart them all
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh Republished from Infection Control Today This morning I awoke to a report from Public Health of England that the United Kingdom variant of SARS-CoV-2 has...
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Advocates say restoring local governments’ ability to regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products would fight youth ‘vaping’
Rep. Kim Moser —– Giving local governments the ability to regulate tobacco products would help limit young people’s use of the products, which youth say have increased during the pandemic,...