Day: February 24, 2022
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UK medical and engineering teams will take new technology for testing wastewater for coronavirus to rural Kentucky this summer
University of Kentucky researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for Covid-19. (UK photo by Pete Comparoni) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky...
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Latest Covid-19 surge seems over in Kentucky, but state still has second highest infection rate among states, well into the red zone
Ky. Health News graph from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic metrics have largely returned to where they were before...
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House passes bill to add incentives and expand Rural Hospital Loan Program to include closed hospitals that reopen
Graphic from Gov. Andy Beshear’s December press conference —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to update the Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program to add incentives and include...
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Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes.
Modern Healthcare illustration —– A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being infected by it or by getting vaccinated against it. That has made...