Month: February 2021
-
Covid-19 death toll in Ky. passes 4,000, and death trend remains at peak; new cases keep falling, but this week’s rank is 5th in U.S.
Kentucky Health News chart; dates are those on which deaths were listed after state reviews. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic’s death toll in Kentucky passed 4,000...
-
Ky. Covid-19 death trend at new high; new cases keep falling but 7-day average is 7th in U.S.; positive-test percentage falls again
New York Times chart, labeled by Kentucky Health News; it is updated daily on the Times site. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 death trend reached a new high...
-
Health commissioner and head of vaccine distribution will appear in webinar at 2 p.m. ET Feb. 10; free, but registration required
Officials who make decisions about the coronavirus vaccines in Kentucky will appear in a webinar at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 10. Health Commissioner Steven Stack and Transportation Cabinet Secretary...
-
Four regional vaccine sites announced; health departments and some local pharmacies to get doses for people 70 and older
The governor showed video of faith leaders getting vaccinated; their names were included in a news release. The other photo shows the governor and his wife, Britainy Beshear, with memorial flags....
-
Senate OKs bill for refusal of mandatory vaccination in epidemic, after removing broader exemption for required school shots
Sen. Mike Wilson —– This story has been updated to reflect the bill’s Senate passage on Feb. 4. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would give Kentuckians...
-
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...
-
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....
-
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...
-
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,...
-
Legislature overrides vetoes of three bills limiting governor’s emergency powers; Beshear files lawsuit to nullify those new laws
The Kentucky House of Representatives (Courier Journal photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature’s Republican supermajority flexed its muscle Tuesday and overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes of six...