Author: Al Cross
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Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance; Kentucky enrollment is running behind last year’s
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The deadline to enroll in federally subsidized health insurance for 2021 is fast approaching, with the last day Tuesday, Dec. 15 to sign up...
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Washington Post story on nursing homes and the pandemic highlights the case of a Kentucky staffer who died of covid-19
Michelle Thompson —– A Kentucky nursing-home worker who died of covid-19 after volunteering to care for patients with the disease figures prominently in a national story about long-term-care facilities, their...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Ky. and U.S. at new highs; positive-test rate passes 10%; second highest day for new virus cases
State Department for Public Health map, with additional labels by Kentucky Health News —– By Al CrossKentucky Health News As the pandemic set more records in Kentucky and the nation, Gov. Andy...
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More partners join campaign, mainly on social media, to encourage flu vaccinations to prevent a ‘twindemic’ with covid-19
The campaign to amplify the importance of all Kentuckians receiving a flu shot, particularly amid the coronavirus pandemic, has some new partners. Aetna Better Health of Kentucky, Humana, WellCare of...
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37 reported dead today from covid-19, the state’s deadliest day yet; Beshear notes White House report commends his actions
Kentucky Health News graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s White House pandemic report praised Gov. Andy Beshear’s latest orders...
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Kentucky sees worst coronavirus day yet, with more than 4,000 new cases, 35 deaths and other record measurements of misery
From Gov. Andy Beshear’s Twitter page —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced record numbers for almost every metric the state uses to measure the coronavirus...
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Ky. expects first coronavirus vaccines in mid-December, for long-term-care residents and staff, and some frontline health workers
State Department for Public Health chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that Kentucky expects to get its first shipment of...
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Federal appeals panel says Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling can apply to religious schools; positive-test rate jumps to 9.24%
Part of a slide published by Gov. Andy Beshear in response to federal appeals court’s ruling —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling...
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Kentucky doubled its number of covid-19 patients on ventilators in the past month; total cases in intensive care resume uptick
Graph by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More covid-19 patients than ever are on ventilators in Kentucky hospitals, the number having doubled in the last...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky are predicted to keep increasing; much depends on how people handled Thanksgiving
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News, shows predictions of various forecasters for new covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky for the next four weeks, in ranges...