Author: Al Cross
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Beshear offers statistics to show that his ‘drastic and significant steps’ saved thousands of lives, says to ‘remember the lessons’
This chart was topped with a headline, “Kentucky in Lockstep with White House/CDC Guidance;” Gov. Andy Beshear said May 4-10 included about 350 cases found by mass testing at a prison....
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Most of Kentucky’s Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinic are testing for the coronavirus; anyone can get a test
By David Bolt CEO, Kentucky Primary Care Association The covid-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of health-care providers, networks and collaborations in our local communities. In particular, the Federally Qualified...
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400 Kentuckians have died of covid-19; Beshear confronts the politics of masks and resistance of some local officials to testing
The governor’s mansion uses green lights to memorialize the deaths of Kentuckians from covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the day when the national covid-19 death toll...
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Coronavirus cases decline, but more nursing homes are infected, and Kentuckians’ behavior and attitude worry health officials
Kentucky Health News chart shows daily cases and the trendline for the last two weeks. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be...
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Beshear says ‘right-wing militia group’ that hung him in effigy was ’embraced and emboldened’ by GOP legislators at earlier rally
A member of the Three Percent Militia hangs an effigy of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear during a “Patriot Day 2nd Amendment Rally” in support of gun rights at the State...
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Reopening when we’re not quite ready to thwart covid-19 means managing risk, and there are four types, health expert writes
No state “has met the metrics to safely reopen,” so the nation “needs to move to the public health strategy of harm reduction,” says former Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen....
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National health secretary says health requires reopening
By Alex M. Azar U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, for The Washington Post President Trump’s top priority throughout the covid-19 crisis and his presidency has been protecting the health...
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Pediatrician offers facts about serious syndrome that can attack children who were otherwise unaffected by the coronavirus
Getty Images photo, distributed by University of Kentucky —– By Dr. Sean McTigue University of Kentucky There have been reports coming out of New York and other states that have...
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Why wear a mask when you go out in public? Because you may have the coronavirus and not know it, and it’s highly contagious
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Wearing a mask when out in public is even more important as Kentucky reopens its economy, medical professionals advise. Many Kentuckians are skeptical. “It...
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Protesters hang Beshear in effigy, sparking bipartisan rebukes
Protesters hung Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy from a tree across from the governor’s mansion and took their demonstration to its front porch, prompting objections from Kentucky politicians of both...