Month: March 2021
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Contrary to the national trend, pandemic numbers in Kentucky stay on a rough plateau or decline slightly
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News As the rest of the country is seeing increasing numbers of new coronavirus cases, Kentucky continues at a rough plateau or even a slight a decline...
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Nurses shouldn’t have to pick between integrity and compliance, one writes, calling for a standard national work system
Photo by Ancora Home Care —– The writer is a nurse in Central City. She wrote this for The Leader-News. By Dara Bratcher Integrity is one of the most important qualities...
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Kentucky’s one-dose vaccination rate is above adjoining states’, but its positive-test and new-case averages have hit plateaus
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports of cases —– By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic in Kentucky hit a plateau,...
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People gave up on influenza pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of prevention – and many of them paid a price
Armistice Day celebrations of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public-health experts as people crowded together in cities across the United States. (Photo by The Associated Press)...
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Pike, Woodford, Perry, Fayette and Floyd counties lead Kentucky in full vaccination, Washington Post reports, using CDC data
Screenshot of Washington Post interactive map; click it to enlarge. Click here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two pairs of very different Kentucky counties – Pike, Woodford, Perry and...
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State records 11th consecutive week of fewer new cases, but its positive-test and new-case averages went up a little on Sunday
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two key measures of the pandemic took...
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Ky. missed over 700 Covid-19 deaths because one state worker stopped double-checking reports in an antiquated system
State table, adapted by Ky. Health News, lists deaths from audit added on Friday. —– Kentucky missed more than 700 Covid-19 deaths from October to January for the same reason...
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New-case and positive-test averages stable as U.S. numbers rise
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted case numbers announced daily —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As national numbers suggested the pandemic is expanding again, Kentucky’s numbers...
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Special open enrollment period for government-subsidized health insurance extended to Aug. 15; new rules expand who qualifies
Kaiser Family Foundation graphs; for a larger version of any image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy...
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Positive-test rate falls to 2.8%, about half of what it was 4 weeks ago; other pandemic metrics decline; death toll surpasses 6,000
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every measure of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Friday, except death, and even that...