Month: June 2021
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The pandemic isn’t over: Virus activity in Kentucky is picking up as the more contagious Delta variant spreads across the country
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily case reports By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After three weeks of pretty steady decline, coronavirus activity in Kentucky is picking up...
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Ky. OSHA complaints rose 45% in 2020, partly due to pandemic; issues are likely to linger as workplaces try to get back to normal
Courier Journal graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Kentucky workers filed 45 percent more occupational safety and health complaints in 2020 than in 2019, but only 8 percent of...
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Salmonella outbreaks in backyard poultry sicken Kentuckians
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– At least 17 people in Kentucky have become sick in an outbreak of Salmonella bacteria linked to backyard poultry, according...
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Louisville-based columnist for Washington Post includes Beshear and two other governors among list of heroes of the pandemic
Govs. Andy Beshear, Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Jay Inslee (Wash.) —– By Perry Bacon The Washington Post I was relieved in 2019 when voters in Kentucky, where I live, rejected...
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Six of the state’s 61 health departments are losing their directors; pandemic made some of them delay or advance their departure
Dr. Kraig Humbaugh —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 10 percent of the state’s health departments are losing their directors, with five retiring and one resigning. And the...
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks at Rural Health Journalism Workshop about boosting federal nutrition programs
USDA graphic; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Department of Agriculture is making sure children have enough to eat this summer, updating temporary...
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Risks of vaccines are very small, but one in four Kentucky adults think those risks outweigh the benefits of getting vaccinated
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll, Feb. 11-March 12, 2021; error margin +/-3.5 percentage points —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults told pollsters last...
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Ky. is reporting fewer than 200 new coronavirus cases per day, and the share of residents testing positive has fallen below 2%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Leading indicators of the pandemic in Kentucky have passed...
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Kentucky still ranks 37th in well-being of children in latest Kids Count Data Book, but isn’t progressing as much as other states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The annual Kids Count Data Book on children’s well-being, released June 21 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Kentucky Youth Advocates, again ranks Kentucky 37th in the nation...