Month: February 2021
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Health experts are cautious about making pandemic predictions, but say that by fall, things will be much more like normal
Dr. Anthony Fauci —– Kentucky Health News Almost a year after it greatly changed life in Kentucky and the rest of the United States, the pandemic is waning, and vaccinations...
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Seven-day average of coronavirus cases is creeping up, and 11th in U.S., but positivity rate, a leading indicator, is inching down
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While the seven-day average of coronavirus cases...
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Beshear says vaccines for Phase 1C could start soon; UK site already there, CJ says; new cases up but positive-test rate down
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state announced 1,993 new cases of the novel...
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Beshear says new sites will put vaccine close to all Kentuckians; opens assisted-living facilities to limited visitation; urges testing
White House Coronavirus Task Force graphic, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear offered some good news at his last news conference of...
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Judge in lawsuit over governor’s emergency powers tells Beshear and legislature to end ‘communicaJudge in lawsuit over governor’s emergency powers tells Beshear and legislature to end ‘communications gap’ and compromisetions gap’ and compromise
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– Kentucky Health News Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Andy Beshear, who have been trading potshots for most of the pandemic, need to compromise on their dispute...
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Coronavirus case numbers keep going down but state’s 7-day rate is still among the top 10; positive-test rate is up slightly
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, suggests Tennessee is a national leader in new cases of the novel coronavirus over the last seven days, but it’s not even...
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State to get a 29% boost in vaccine supply next week; weekly shipments have increased 63% since vaccine rollouts began
Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus vaccine supply will increase by...
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Child-care workers can now get vaccinated for the coronavirus
Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge the image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After months of feeling frustrated that they...
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Report says 16 rural Kentucky hospitals are at risk of closing; provides 2017-18 financial data for hospitals, 2019 for most
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Forty percent of America’s rural hospitals are struggling to stay open, and 16 of them are in Kentucky, according to an analysis by the Center for Healthcare...
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New cases of the virus in Kentucky are down for the fifth week in a row; state’s seven-day infection rate falls to ninth in the nation
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted; click the image to enlarge it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky...