Month: February 2022
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Kentucky’s new-case rate is tops among the states for the fourth day in a row, even as most pandemic metrics in state decline
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, illustrates state’s No. 1 ranking. Click to enlarge. —– Ky. Health News graph, from state data By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Senate Republicans want to end Covid-19 state of emergency March 7, more than a month earlier than they voted last month
Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville —– Most of the Republicans in the GOP-controlled state Senate are supporting a resolution that would end the state of emergency that Gov. Andy Beshear declared...
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Physicians in Senate show partisan divide over legislation that would equate most positive antibody tests with Covid-19 vaccine
Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A resolution to require Kentucky to recognize most positive Covid-19 antibody tests as equivalent to full vaccination for the disease...
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New cases of coronavirus continue to drop in Kentucky, but state still ranks No. 1 in nation, and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The leading indicators of...
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UK Markey Cancer Center gets $10 million gift to consolidate many of its operations on Limestone Street in Lexington
UK HealthCare will use a $10 million gift from Lexington’s Central Bank to build an outpatient cancer treatment center and advanced ambulatory complex for its Markey Cancer Center. The gift is the largest ever to...
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Anti-overdose drug Narcan available to people under Corrections community supervision in eight counties, eight more this summer
Ky. Health News map shows counties in HEALing Communities Study —– The anti-overdose drug Narcan is now available free of charge to people under community supervision by the state Department of...
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Harvard study concludes that it’s too soon to lift mask mandates in most elementary schools
Getty Images —– As the Omicron surge wanes, many school districts are lifting mask mandates. But coronavirus transmission rates are still far too high to lift such mandates in elementary...
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A good news, bad news day in Kentucky: Covid-19 metrics keep falling, but our infection rate remains highest among the states
To enlarge this map, click on it. For the original New York Times map and data, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news is that the...
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‘Fighting to Breathe,’ a look at lung diseases in Ky., their causes and new treatments, premieres Monday night on KET
Kentucky Educational Television is airing a three-part series and forum that will examine the under-told story of lung cancer and other lung diseases in Kentucky: the causes, the impact on those...
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Bill to prohibit schools from requiring masks passes first hurdle
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from requiring masks has passed out of committee and is on...