Day: January 4, 2022
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With Omicron, more effective masks should be worn, experts say
“With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before,” Maria Godoy reports for NPR. “But...
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Kentucky has had a high death rate from Covid-19 since vaccines became widely available. A reason: relatively low vaccination rate.
Since vaccines for Covid-19 became widely available in April, Kentucky’s death rate from the disease is fourth in the nation, partly due to its relatively low vaccination rate, according toThe New...
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With few 5-to-11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19, public-health workers say kids will have to get sick to motivate parents
By Sarah Baird, The Goldenrod Over the summer — during that fleeting window of time before the Delta variant hit when we believed Covid-19 might be evaporating into a gauzy nightmare...
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Trump promotes coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, still opposes Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandates
Kentucky Health NewsFormer President Trump is promoting coronavirus vaccines, saying he has received a booster shot, but still opposes vaccine-or-test mandates like those President Biden is still trying to get...