Author: Al Cross
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As Ky. positive-test rate keeps falling, but death trend keeps rising, feds say new virus variants make vaccinations more urgent
Johnson & Johnson has completed studies of its one-shot vaccine and is expected to ask the FDA for emergency-use authority late next week. (Photo by Dado Ruvic, Reuters) —– By Al Cross...
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Beware of misinformation about vaccines from folks with agendas
Photo by Joe Raedle, Getty Images —– “Anti-vaccine groups are exploiting the suffering and death of people who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid shot, threatening to undermine...
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UK finalizing deal to manage Ashland hospital in ‘joint venture’
King’s Daughters Medical Center (2011 photo) —– The University of Kentucky and King’s Daughters Heath System, which has a major hospital in Ashland, have formed what they call a “joint venture.” Mark Newman, UK’s...
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69 more Kentuckians, a record, dead from Covid-19, but other metrics keep trending down; four regional vaccine sites to open
Ky. Health News graph; dates are those on which deaths were added to the list after review of cases. —– Kentucky Health News chart, from state data By Melissa Patrick...
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Kentucky was a pandemic hot spot in mid-January, but was cooling; deaths spiked, but new Covid-19 hospital admissions fell
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– Kentucky was a pandemic hot spot in the week covered by the first White House Coronavirus Task...
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Biden reopens marketplace for subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, from Feb. 15 to May 15, citing pandemic
President Biden is reopening enrollment for federally subsidized health insurance policies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for three months, giving Kentuckians another chance to get help from...
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Coronavirus cases and positivity rates are trending down, but Beshear says risk remains high, especially with new variant in Ky.
Kentucky Department for Public Health graphic; URL leads to list of testing sites —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While numbers of new coronavirus cases and percentage of Kentuckians testing...
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CDC study suggests that with proper mitigation, kids can go back to school, but schools have often been accused of noncompliance
Illustration by Hannah Brown, Kaiser Health News, Kaiser Family Foundation —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A new study shows that rural schools holding in-person classes with heavy masking,...
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Beshear says Biden sending Ky. 17% more vaccine and feds will give 3 weeks notice of supply; Ky. finds cases of U.K. variant
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government will be increasing Kentucky’s supply of Covid-19 vaccines by 17 percent, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday. He had asked the new...
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Beshear says Ky. will be fastest state at getting teachers and school staff widely vaccinated, but many are refusing shots
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In an effort to return children...