Month: October 2021
-
Even small breezes can increase virus transmission outside
Getty Images —– In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay found that when someone coughs outside, “wind flowing in the same direction” can cause Covid-19 to replicate “faster...
-
Pandemic trend remains favorable; UK pediatrician encourages youth to get vaccinated, get antibody treatment if test positive
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Monday’s coronavirus numbers in Kentucky are all good: Cases...
-
Anderson Co. schools paying teachers to get vaccinated, but one board member incorrectly calls vaccines ‘experimental drugs’
Anderson County (Wikipedia map) —– Editor’s note: None of the three vaccines approved for use in the U.S. are experimental. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been permanently licensed, and the Moderna vaccine has applied for a...
-
Doctors, including one in Lexington, say Covid-19 denial and misinformation make it exasperating to treat the unvaccinated
Dr. Ryan Stanton (Baptist Health photo) —– Health-care workers “are growing weary of Covid-19 denial and misinformation that have made it exasperating to treat unvaccinated patients during the Delta-driven surge,” The Associated Press reports after...
-
Kentucky newspapers report more vaccination efforts
Kentucky newspapers continue to report extra efforts to increase coronavirus vaccinations in their communities, with news, opinion and advertising. Some newspapers have created ads with their local health departments. One...
-
Ky. vaccination rate is more than 7 times the new-case rate, which keeps dropping, along with positive-test rate and hospitalizations
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Vaccinations are up, and new cases and hospitalizations are down, but Kentucky hospitals remain...
-
State records 9,000th death from Covid-19
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than 9,000 Kentuckians have now died from Covid-19. “Today . . . marks a difficult day in our fight against Covid,” Gov. Andy...
-
Suicide, ideas of it, depression, and anxiety have affected more Kentucky students since the Covid-19 pandemic began
Kentucky Youth Advocates image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s students are experiencing more anxiety, depression and ideas of suicide in the pandemic, and schools need more resources...
-
State reports 51 more Covid-19 deaths; other Kentucky pandemic metrics fall, but hot spots remain and hospitals are still stressed
Kentucky Health News graph; daily case numbers are from initial, unadjusted state reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic has been on the decline in Kentucky for...
-
Poll: Vaccine holdouts come around for four big reasons, which are most effective in combination, not independently
Kaiser Family Foundation chart; click the image to enlarge it —– A Kaiser Family Foundation poll of Americans vaccinated against the coronavirus since June 1 showed the reasons people who weren’t sure about it...